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Autore |
Landsman Mark <1966-> |
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Dictatorship and demand : the politics of consumerism in East Germany / / Mark Landsman |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Harvard historical studies ; ; 147 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumption (Economics) - Germany (East) |
Socialism - Germany (East) |
Germany (East) Economic conditions |
Germany (East) Politics and government |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-287) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Production and Consumption: Establishing Priorities -- CHAPTER 2. The Contest Begins: The Currency Reform, the Berlin Blockade, and the Introduction of the HO -- CHAPTER 3. The Planned and the Unplanned: Consumer Supply and Provisioning Crisis -- CHAPTER 4. The Rise, Decline, and Afterlife of the New Course -- CHAPTER 5. Demand Research and the Relations between Trade and Industry -- CHAPTER 6. Crisis Revisited: The Main Economic Task and the Building of the Berlin Wall -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An investigation into the politics of consumerism in East Germany during the years between the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Dictatorship and Demand shows how the issue of consumption constituted a crucial battleground in the larger Cold War struggle. |
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