Format:
1 online resource (413 pages)
ISBN:
9780262267458
Series Statement:
Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Ser.
Content:
This analysis of the relationship between science and totalitarian rule in one of the most technically advanced countries in the East bloc examines professional autonomy under dictatorship and the place of technology in Communist ideology.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 The "Great Eastward Trek": German Specialists in the Soviet Union -- 2 Reinventing Professionalism in Soviet-Occupied Germany and the Early GDR -- 3 Under Siege: Facing Challenges to Professionalism in the Ulbricht Era -- 4 In Pursuit of an Electronic Future: High-Tech Pioneers and Communist Bureaucracy in the Ulbricht Era -- 5 The Old Guard under Attack: Three High-Tech Research Directors in the "Reform" Era and Beyond -- 6 Red Prometheus: Technological Fantasies in Popular Culture and Propaganda -- 7 Careerists and Conformists, Individualists and Technology Enthusiasts: Engineers and Computer Scientists in the Honecker Era -- 8 High Ambitions: Careerism and High-Tech Research during the New Cold War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780262012362
Additional Edition:
Print version Augustine, Dolores L Red Prometheus : Engineering and Dictatorship in East Germany, 1945-1990 Cambridge : MIT Press,c2007
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Augustine, Dolores L. Red Prometheus Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : MIT Press, 2007 ISBN 0262012367
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780262012362
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
,
History
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Ingenieurwissenschaften
;
Diktatur
;
Geschichte
;
Deutschland
;
Ingenieurwissenschaften
;
Diktatur
;
Geschichte
;
Deutschland
;
Deutschland
;
Ingenieurwissenschaften
;
Diktatur
;
Geschichte 1945-1990
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