Environmentalism in Central and Southeastern Europe

This collection examines the historical development of society's relationship to the environment in Central and Southeastern Europe. The contributors analyze the growth of environmental consciousness since the eighteenth century, the inception of environmental history as an academic discipline, and the rise of environmental movements in the region.

This collection examines the historical development of society's relationship to the environment in Central and Southeastern Europe. The contributors analyze the growth of environmental consciousness since the eighteenth century, the inception of environmental history as an academic discipline, and the rise of environmental movements in the region.

Preface, Ivana Žebec ŠiljIntroduction, Hrvoje Petri¿ and Ivana Žebec ŠiljPart I: Environmentalism and Environmental MovementsChapter 1: Where Technology and Environmentalism Meet: The Remaking of the Austrian Danube for Hydropower, Angelika Schoder and Martin SchmidChapter 2: Environmental Thought in Slovenia, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, Aleš Smrekar, and Matija ZornChapter 3: Civil Society and Environmental Protection NGOs in Croatia, 1989¿2014, Vladimir Lay and Jelena PüakChapter 4: Religion and Ecology in Croatia, Vine Mihaljevi¿Chapter 5: Something Old, Something New: Historical Geography and Environmental History Discourse in Serbia, Jelena Mrgi¿Chapter 6: Environmental Narratives and Sociopolitical Agendas in Greece in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Vaso SeirinidouChapter 7: The History of Environmental Movements and the Development of Environmental thought in Turkey, 1850¿1980, Selçuk DursunPart II: Nature Protection and Specific LandscapesChapter 8: Man and Nature in Central Europe during the Long Nineteenth Century from the Slovak Point of View, Roman HolecChapter 9: Protecting the Alps: Italian-Protected Areas in the Alpine Range, 1911¿91, Luigi PiccioniChapter 10: The Origins and Developmental Course of Plitvice Lakes National Park: From ¿The Devil¿s Garden¿ to the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Register, Ivan Brli¿ and Anita Tonkovi¿ BušljetaChapter 11: Contrasting the ¿Sunny Side¿: Goli otok and the Islandness of a Political Prison in the Croatian Adriatic Sea, Milica Proki¿Chapter 12: The Development of the Concept of Forest Sustainability in Transylvania, the Banat, Bukovina, Moldavia, and Wallachia until 1918, Dorin Ioan Rus