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Dictatorship and Demand
Mark Landsman
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Description for Dictatorship and Demand
Hardcover. 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. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
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.
Based on research in recently opened East German state and party archives, this book depicts a regime caught between competing pressures. While East Germany's leaders followed a Soviet model, which fetishized productivity in heavy industry and prioritized the production of capital goods over consumer goods, they nevertheless had to contend with the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674016989
SKU
V9780674016989
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About Mark Landsman
Mark Landsman is an independent scholar living in New York.
Reviews for Dictatorship and Demand
Dictatorship and Demand provides new and important information about a period in East Germany's history that had a defining impact on the country's later years. Landsman is an engaging writer who skillfully brings life to this generally opaque period of German history.
A. James McAdams, University of Notre Dame, author of Judging the Past in Unified Germany State socialism ... Read more
A. James McAdams, University of Notre Dame, author of Judging the Past in Unified Germany State socialism ... Read more