Background
Williams, John Alexander was born on September 14, 1962 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Max Ray and Sarah Johnson Williams.
( Turning to Nature in Germany is a study of mass movemen...)
Turning to Nature in Germany is a study of mass movements that aimed to bring the German people into closer contact with nature. In the early twentieth century organized hikers, nudists, and conservationists all looked to nature for solutions to the nation's political crises. Following these movements over three political eras—the Second Empire, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich—the book shows how manifestations of popular culture reflected the concerns and hopes of their time. Williams breaks with historians who have long seen nature movements as anti-modern and irrational by arguing that naturists were calling not for Germany to turn back the clock, but for the nation to find a way to navigate the treacherous waters of contemporary life and strive toward a brighter future.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080470015X/?tag=2022091-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01181PC52/?tag=2022091-20
Williams, John Alexander was born on September 14, 1962 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Max Ray and Sarah Johnson Williams.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996.
Assistant professor Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1998—2003, director Bradley Berlin seminar, since 2000, associate professor, since 2003.
( Turning to Nature in Germany is a study of mass movemen...)
Member of German Studies Association, American History Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Life partner Olaf Friedrich Griese, June 12, 2003.
