22%OFF
Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany
Professor Charles S. Maier
€ 68.77
€ 53.59
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany
Paperback. Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of the century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, this work recounts the history and demise of East Germany. It explains the causes for the disintegration of German communism as it constructs the complex history of the GDR. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of our century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, Charles Maier recounts the history and demise of East Germany. Dissolution is his poignant, analytically provocative account of the decline and fall of the late German Democratic Republic. This book explains the powerful causes for the disintegration of German communism as it constructs the complex history of the GDR. Maier looks at the turning points in East Germany's forty-year history and at the mix of coercion and consent by which the regime functioned. He analyzes the GDR ... Read more
Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of our century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, Charles Maier recounts the history and demise of East Germany. Dissolution is his poignant, analytically provocative account of the decline and fall of the late German Democratic Republic. This book explains the powerful causes for the disintegration of German communism as it constructs the complex history of the GDR. Maier looks at the turning points in East Germany's forty-year history and at the mix of coercion and consent by which the regime functioned. He analyzes the GDR ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691007465
SKU
V9780691007465
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Professor Charles S. Maier
Charles S. Maier teaches history at Harvard University. He is Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, and Chairman of the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies. His books include Recasting Bourgeois Europe: Stabilization in France, Germany, and Italy in the Decade after World War I and The Unmasterable Past: History, ... Read more
Reviews for Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany
Winner of the 1998 Book Award, New England Historical Association "This monumental study is... [a] definitive work on the transition from communism."
Library Journal "A densely written scholarly analysis, the best I have read, of how and why the Communist regime in East Germany came apart and disappeared... [Maier's] account of the decrepit East German economy is not likely to be ... Read more
Library Journal "A densely written scholarly analysis, the best I have read, of how and why the Communist regime in East Germany came apart and disappeared... [Maier's] account of the decrepit East German economy is not likely to be ... Read more