The currency of socialism : money and political culture in East Germany / Jonathan R. Zatlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zatlin, Jonathan R., 1963-

Series:

Publications of the German Historical Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monetary policy--Germany (East)--History.

Monetary policy.

Money--Germany (East)--History.

Money.

History.

Germany (East)--Economic conditions.

Germany (East).

Economic conditions.

Germany--History--Unification, 1990.

Germany.

Physical Description:

xx, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This book explores the East German attempt to create a perfect society.

Contents:

Making and unmaking money : monetary theory and economic planning in East Germany

Accounting and accountability : financing the planned economy under Honecker, 1971-1980

Parsimony and the prince : crisis and stability, 1980-1985

The currency of decline : the dis-integration of the East German economy, 1986-1989

The vehicle of desire : the Trabant, the Wartburg, and the discipline of demand

Consuming ideology : the Intershops, Genex, and retail trade under Honecker

Appealing to authority : the citizens' petitions and the rhetoric of decline

Epilogue : revisiting reunification.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-365) and index.

ISBN:

0521869560

9780521869560

OCLC:

70114391

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