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Autore |
Veenis Milena |
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Titolo |
Material fantasies [[electronic resource] ] : expectations of the western consumer world among the East Germans / / Milena Veenis |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Technology and European History ; ; 6 |
Technology and European history series ; ; 6 |
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Disciplina |
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Post-communism - Germany (East) |
Consumption (Economics) - Germany (East) |
Quality of life - Germany (West) |
Quality of life - Germany (East) |
Germany (East) Relations Germany (West) |
Germany (West) Relations Germany (East) |
Germany History Unification, 1990 |
Germany Social conditions 1990- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1.Fieldwork -- Chapter 2.Germany 1945: A Country In Ruins -- Chapter 3.The GDR: Future Promises -- Chapter 4.Material Realizations -- Chapter 5.The East German Dictatorship -- Chapter 6.Silenced Pasts -- Chapter 7.Western Promise -- Chapter 8.Shattered Illusions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1989 news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall to West Germany. But what did the East Germans expect to find when they excitedly broke through the Wall? And what did they actually find when they made it over to the other side? This study draws on fifteen months of research into both the lives of East Germans before the fall of communism and their fast-changing world after they embraced capitalism. Grounded in powerful anthropological insights, Milena Veenis argues persuasively |
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