03176nam 22007574a 450 991081352690332120240416150359.00-674-03992-010.4159/9780674039926(CKB)1000000000786978(SSID)ssj0000138537(PQKBManifestationID)11136569(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138537(PQKBWorkID)10100574(PQKB)11096805(MiAaPQ)EBC3300242(DE-B1597)457686(OCoLC)1013954428(OCoLC)1029814636(OCoLC)1032682308(OCoLC)1037981955(OCoLC)1041981571(OCoLC)1046622384(OCoLC)1047013071(OCoLC)432671603(OCoLC)979575705(DE-B1597)9780674039926(Au-PeEL)EBL3300242(CaPaEBR)ebr10314252(OCoLC)923109812(dli)HEB06662(MiU)MIU01000000000000007025070(EXLCZ)99100000000078697820040914d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDictatorship and demand the politics of consumerism in East Germany /Mark Landsman1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press2005xii, 296 pHarvard historical studies ;147Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01698-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-287) and index.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 --IndexAn 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.Harvard historical studies ;147.Consumption (Economics)Germany (East)SocialismGermany (East)Germany (East)Economic conditionsGermany (East)Politics and governmentConsumption (Economics)Socialism339.470943109045NQ 7010rvkLandsman Mark1966-1016624MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813526903321Dictatorship and demand2379514UNINA