03571nam 2200745 450 991080919760332120170822114933.01-84545-309-30-85745-226-610.1515/9780857452269(CKB)2550000001326347(EBL)1727458(OCoLC)882779243(SSID)ssj0001440131(PQKBManifestationID)12588693(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001440131(PQKBWorkID)11384011(PQKB)11431944(SSID)ssj0001347355(PQKBManifestationID)11746935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347355(PQKBWorkID)11351510(PQKB)11714560(MiAaPQ)EBC1727458(DE-B1597)636808(DE-B1597)9780857452269(EXLCZ)99255000000132634720060718d2006 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDriving Germany the landscape of the German autobahn, 1930-1970 /Thomas Zeller ; translated by Thomas DunlapNew York ;Oxford :Berghahn Books,2006.1 online resource (297 p.)Studies in German history ;volume 5Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-271-2 1-306-93476-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-280) and index.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 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 tStudies in German history ;v. 5.Landscape protectionGermanyHistory20th centuryExpress highwaysGermanyHistory20th centuryRoadside improvementGermanyHistory20th centuryNational socialism and architectureLandscape architectureEnvironmental aspectsGermanyHistory20th centuryLandscape protectionHistoryExpress highwaysHistoryRoadside improvementHistoryNational socialism and architecture.Landscape architectureEnvironmental aspectsHistory333.720943333.7209430904Zeller Thomas1966-886002Dunlap ThomasMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809197603321Driving Germany4114587UNINA