Dictatorship and demand : the politics of consumerism in East Germany / Mark Landsman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landsman, Mark, 1966-

Series:

Harvard historical studies ; 147.

Harvard historical studies ; 147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Germany (East).

Consumption (Economics).

Socialism--Germany (East).

Socialism.

Germany (East)--Economic conditions.

Germany (East).

Germany (East)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii, 296 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Production and Consumption: Establishing Priorities

CHAPTER 2. The Contest Begins: The Currency Reform, the Berlin Blockade, and the Introduction of the HO

CHAPTER 3. The Planned and the Unplanned: Consumer Supply and Provisioning Crisis

CHAPTER 4. The Rise, Decline, and Afterlife of the New Course

CHAPTER 5. Demand Research and the Relations between Trade and Industry

CHAPTER 6. Crisis Revisited: The Main Economic Task and the Building of the Berlin Wall

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-287) and index.

ISBN:

9780674039926

0674039920

OCLC:

1013954428