Dictatorship and demand [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of consumerism in East Germany / / Mark Landsman

• Autore: Landsman Mark <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 296 p
• Disciplina: 339.470943109045
• Soggetto topico: Consumption (Economics) - Germany (East); Socialism - Germany (East)
• Soggetto geografico: Germany (East) Economic conditions; Germany (East) Politics and government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: NQ 7010
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-287) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dictatorship and demand
• ISBN: 0-674-03992-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248126103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Harvard historical studies ; ; 147.