Scarred Landscapes: War and Nature in Vichy France [Hardcover]

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.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

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