UID:
edocfu_9959232443702883
Format:
xii, 296 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-03992-0
Series Statement:
Harvard historical studies ; 147
Content:
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.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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CHAPTER 1. Production and Consumption: Establishing Priorities --
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CHAPTER 2. The Contest Begins: The Currency Reform, the Berlin Blockade, and the Introduction of the HO --
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CHAPTER 3. The Planned and the Unplanned: Consumer Supply and Provisioning Crisis --
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CHAPTER 4. The Rise, Decline, and Afterlife of the New Course --
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CHAPTER 5. Demand Research and the Relations between Trade and Industry --
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CHAPTER 6. Crisis Revisited: The Main Economic Task and the Building of the Berlin Wall --
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Epilogue --
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Notes --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-01698-X
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.4159/9780674039926
