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Author Pearson, Chris, 1979- author.

Title Scarred landscapes : war and nature in Vichy France / Chris Pearson
Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) : illustrations
Contents The war on 'wasteland': remaking the French landscape after defeat -- 'The age of wood': forests in wartime France -- The Camargue between war and peace -- Mobilising mountains in Vichy France -- Reconstructing the environment, 1944-1955 -- The nature of memory in post-war France
Summary 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. Scarred Landscapes is a groundbreaking account of why nature mattered in Second World War France and the first environmental history of Vichy France. It addresses the role the natural environment played in the conflict, and why nature featured so heavily in the ideology of the Vichy regime, as well as questions of how the French Resistance mobilised and experienced forest, mountain, and maquis landscapes, and how both civilians and Axis and Allied soldiers used natural resources during the years of war and Occupation. Drawing on detailed archival research and extensive site visits, Chris Pearson uncovers the overlooked stories and significance of Vichy France's environmental history and its aftermath. From mountains and marshlands to foresters and resisters, he examines the intricate and often surprising connections between war, history and the natural environment, shedding new light on nature's role in history as well as inviting us to consider afresh the history of the 'dark years'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject War -- Environmental aspects -- France -- Vichy -- History
Environmental protection -- France -- Vichy -- History
Environmental management -- France -- Vichy -- History
Nature conservation -- France -- Vichy -- History
European history -- France.
Second World War -- France.
Social & cultural history -- France.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
History.
Ecology
Environmental management
Environmental protection
Nature conservation
War -- Environmental aspects
Milieueffecten.
Oorlogvoering.
SUBJECT Vichy (France) -- Environmental conditions -- History
Subject France -- Vichy
Vichy (plaats)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230228733
0230228739
9780719084393
0719084393
128219786X
9781282197862