Hasenöhrl, Ute. Zivilgesellschaft und Protest: Eine Geschichte der Naturschutz- und Umweltbewegung in Bayern 1945–1980. Umwelt und Gesselschaft, edited by Christof Mauch, Helmuth Trischler, and Frank Uekötter, vol. 2. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, 2011.
Nature conservation in Bavaria underwent a fundamental change in personnel, ideology and practice between the end of the Second World War and the late 1970s. Examining key areas of conflict such as nuclear energy and tourism, Zivilgesellschaft und Protest shows how the Bavarian environmental protection movement evolved from conservativism to postmaterial leftism. The movement lost touch with the state and became more political and radical, but without giving up practical cooperations. In addition to these changes, continuities also become clear, however: “Granddaddy’s nature conservation” wasn’t nearly as old-fashioned and passive as popular conceptions of the post-war period frequently portray it. (Text adapted from Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht and the Rachel Carson Center)
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