Saving Nature Under Socialism

ISBN-13: 9781009001656 / Miękka / 2023 / 276 str.

Julia E. (University of Utah) Ault

Opis

Traces the evolution of environmental policy and protest in East Germany and central Europe during the Cold War.

Recenzje

'For some years, East German historiography has been escaping the tired and limiting perspectives soldered into place by the misguided triumphalism of the 1990s. Focusing on the GDR's last two decades, on the seemingly unpromising ground of environmentalism, Julia Ault further deepens our grasp of this misperceived state-socialist project and its boundaries.' Geoffrey Eley, University of Michigan

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Balancing Economy and Ecology: Building toward Environmental Protection, 1945–1970; 2. 'Socialist Environmentalism': Between Practice and Ideal, 1971–1982; 3. Church, Faith, and Nature: An Alternative Environmentalism, 1972–1983; 4. Intertwining Environmentalisms: Transboundary Pollution and Protest in Central Europe; 5. Coming out from behind the Cloud: Environmentalism after Chernobyl; 6. Growing Together? The Environment in the Collapse of Communism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.