Turning to Nature in Germany: Hiking, Nudism, and Conservation, 1900-1940

by John Alexander Williams

Turning to Nature in Germany is a study of mass movements that aimed to bring the German people into closer contact with nature. In the early twentieth century organized hikers, nudists, and conservationists all looked to nature for solutions to the nation's political crises. Following these movements over three political eras-the Second Empire, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich-the book shows how manifestations of popular culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080470015X
• ISBN13: 9780804700153
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"