List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- ch. 1. Regimes of repression, repertoires of resistance -- ch.2. War and revolution and the genesis of German Communism -- ch. 3. Reconstructing order : state and managerial strategies in the Weimar Republic -- ch. 4. Contesting order : Communists in the workplace -- ch. 5. Contesting order : Communists in the streets -- ch. 6. The gendering of German Communism -- ch. 7. Forging a Party culture -- ch. 8. The Anni terribili : Communists under two dictatorships -- ch. 9. The Weimar legacy and the road to the DDR 1945-49 -- ch. 10. The primacy of politics : state and society in the DDR -- Conclusion : The end of a tradition -- Bibliography -- Index. List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- ch. 1.Regimes of repression, repertoires of resistance -- ch.2.War and revolution and the genesis of German Communism -- ch. 3.Reconstructing order : state and managerial strategies in the Weimar Republic -- ch. 4.Contesting order : Communists in the workplace -- ch. 5.Contesting order : Communists in the streets -- ch. 6. Thegendering of German Communism -- ch. 7.Forging a Party culture -- ch. 8. TheAnni terribili : Communists under two dictatorships -- ch. 9. TheWeimar legacy and the road to the DDR 1945-49 -- ch. 10. Theprimacy of politics : state and society in the DDR -- Conclusion : The end of a tradition -- Bibliography -- Index. | 
