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The Greenest Nation?: A New History of German Environmentalism

The Greenest Nation?: A New History of German Environmentalism

Uekotter, Frank

Paperback

Series: History for a Sustainable Future

Business GeneralGeneral Political ScienceGerman History

ISBN10: 026253469X
ISBN13: 9780262534697
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Sep 8 2017
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
An account of German environmentalism that shows the influence of the past on today's environmental decisions.

Germany enjoys an enviably green reputation. Environmentalists in other countries applaud its strict environmental laws, its world-class green technology firms, its phase-out of nuclear power, and its influential Green Party. Germans are proud of these achievements, and environmentalism has become part of the German national identity. In The Greenest Nation? Frank Uekötter offers an overview of the evolution of German environmentalism since the late nineteenth century. He discusses, among other things, early efforts at nature protection and urban sanitation, the Nazi experience, and civic mobilization in the postwar years. He shows that much of Germany's green reputation rests on accomplishments of the 1980s, and emphasizes the mutually supportive roles of environmental nongovernmental organizations, corporations, and the state.

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