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Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970

Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970

Zeller, Thomas

Hardcover

Series: Studies in German History, Book 5

Business GeneralGeneral World HistoryGerman History

ISBN10: 1845453093
ISBN13: 9781845453091
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Feb 1 2007
Pages: 298
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Published in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.

Hitler's autobahn was more than just the pet project of an infrastructure-friendly dictator. It was supposed to revolutionize the transportation sector in Germany, connect the metropoles with the countryside, and encourage motorization. The propaganda machinery of the Third Reich turned the autobahn into a hyped-up icon of the dictatorship. One of the claims was that the roads would reconcile nature and technology. Rather than destroying the environment, they would embellish the landscape. Many historians have taken this claim at face value and concluded that the Nazi regime harbored an inbred love of nature. In this book, the author argues that such conclusions are misleading. Based on rich archival research, the book provides the first scholarly account of the landscape of the autobahn.

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