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Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970 (Studies in German History)
Thomas Zeller
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Paperback. 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. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW; RPT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970. Series: Studies in German History. 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. 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. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW; RPT. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight: 412.
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 taken this claim at face value and concluded that the Nazi regime harbored ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Series
Studies in German History
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845452711
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V9781845452711
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About Thomas Zeller
Thomas Zeller is an associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches the history of technology, environmental history, and science and technology studies. He is the author of Strasse, Bahn, Panorama (2002) and has co-edited the volumes How Green Were the Nazis? Nature, Environment, and Nation in the Third Reich (2005), Germany's Nature: Cultural Landscapes and ... Read more
Reviews for Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970 (Studies in German History)
“This is an excellence piece of research that well deserves publication in English. The book is astonishingly well-linked to a wide range of historical scholarship, while at the same time containing very detailed empirical accounts, e.g., in the various media used for autobahn propaganda, the appointment of landscape advocates, and letters from citizens of the Federal Ministry of Transport.” · ... Read more