Scarred Landscapes
War and Nature in Vichy France
Published on 31. October 2008
Book
Hardback
XV, 253 pages
978-0-230-22012-6 (ISBN)
Description
Based on detailed archival research and site visits, Scarred Landscapes is the first environmental history of Vichy France. From mountains and marshlands to foresters and resisters, it examines the intricate and often surprising connections between war, history, and the 'natural' environment during these turbulent years.
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CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
'..facinating book...Chris Pearson provides an impressively wide range of references to give context to his work and uses source materials from appropriate archives...[he] has assembled an impressive piece of environmental history that is not very different from the domain of 'historical geography'' - Modern & Contemporary France
'...Scarred Landscapes offers a model for thinking broadly about war and nature...' - French History
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Edition
2008 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XV, 253 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-22012-6 (9780230220126)
DOI
10.1057/9780230228733
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
CHRIS PEARSON is Research Associate in Historical Studies at the University of Bristol, UK, where he specializes in the environmental history of war and militarism. He has published articles in
Environmental History
and
Revue forestière française.
Content
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Map I: Divided France, 1940-1944 Map II: South Eastern France, 1940-1944 Introduction The War on 'Wasteland': Remaking the French Landscape after Defeat 'The Age of Wood': Forests in Wartime France Camargue between War and Peace Mobilising Mountains in Vichy France Reconstructing the Environment, 1944-1955 The Nature of Memory in Postwar France Conclusion Bibliography