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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783833903321

Autore

Dale Gareth

Titolo

Popular protest in East Germany, 1945-1989 / / Gareth Dale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-76092-6

1-280-41413-8

9786610414130

0-203-50606-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 27

Disciplina

943/.1087

Soggetti

Working class - Germany (East) - Political activity - History - 20th century

Protest movements - Germany (East)

Opposition (Political science) - Germany (East)

Germany (East) History Uprising, 1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mass movements in the GDR's early years -- The June 1953 uprising -- Labour heritage and collective action, 1945-53 -- Infra-political resistance and social movements, 1954-88 -- Techniques of domination, arts of resistance -- Helsinki and Bohemia: emigration and youth rebellion -- 'Politics in the bell jar': socio-ethical movements in the 1980s -- The formation of political opposition -- The revolution of 1989 -- The summer crisis -- The autumn uprising -- Intellectuals and workers.

Mass movements in the GDR's early years -- The June 1953 uprising -- Labour heritage and collective action, 1945-53 -- Infra-political resistance and social movements, 1954-1988 -- Techniques of domination, arts of resistance -- Helsinki and Bohemia: emigration and youth rebellion -- 'Politics in the bell jar': socio-ethical movements in the 1980s -- The formation of political opposition -- The revolution of 1989 -- The summer crisis -- The autumn uprising -- Intellectuals and workers.

Sommario/riassunto

An incisive new study of dissent and protest in the German Democratic



Republic, focusing on the upheaval of 1989-1990. The author, an active participant both in the 'Citizens' Movement' and in the street protests of that year, draws upon a vast array of sources including interviews, documents from the archives of the old regime and the Citizens' Movement and his own diary entries, to explore the causes and processes of the East German revolution. The book is at once a lucid and vibrant narrative history and a pioneering contribution to research in this field.