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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493680603321

Autore

Zeller Thomas <1966->

Titolo

Driving Germany : the landscape of the German autobahn, 1930-1970 / / Thomas Zeller ; translated by Thomas Dunlap

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2006

ISBN

1-84545-309-3

0-85745-226-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Studies in German history ; ; volume 5

Disciplina

333.720943

333.7209430904

Soggetti

Landscape protection - Germany - History - 20th century

Express highways - Germany - History - 20th century

Roadside improvement - Germany - History - 20th century

National socialism and architecture

Landscape architecture - Environmental aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Chapter 1- Introduction: Germany and its Autobahn; Chapter 2- Landscape: The Dual Construction; Chapter 3- The Historical Habitat of Landscape-Friendly Roads; Chapter 4- Planning the Autobahn Before and After 1933; Chapter 5- Conflicts over the Harmonious Road; Chapter 6- The Myth of the Green Autobahn; Chapter 7- Reinterpretations: The West German Autobahn, 1949 to 1970; Chapter 8- Conclusion; Bibliography and Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 t