Beyond the wall : a history of East Germany / Katja Hoyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyer, Katja, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany (East)--History--20th century.

Germany (East).

Germany (East)--Politics and government.

History.

history (discipline).

Genre:

History.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Other Title:

History of East Germany

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2023

Summary:

This best-selling history of East Germany begins with its inception in the aftermath of World War II, its crucial role in the Cold War, and its eventual demise during the collapse of Communism in the late 1980s.

When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a new vision of this vanished country. She reveals the rich political, social and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship.

Contents:

Preface

Trapped between Hitler and Stalin (1918-1945)

Risen from ruins (1945-1949)

Birth pangs (1949-1952)

Building socialism (1952-1961)

Brick by brick (1951-1965)

The other Germany (1965-1971)

Planned miracles (1971-1975)

Friends and enemies (1976-1981)

Existential carefreeness (1981-1986)

Everything takes its socialist course (1987-1990)

Epilogue : Unity.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2023 by Allen Lane in Great Britain"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-[446]) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of

Reproduction of: 9780241553787 Hoyer, Katja. [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2023

Other Format:

Online version: HOYER, KATJA. BEYOND THE WALL.

ISBN:

9781541602571

1541602579

OCLC:

1395578346