عنوان

Dictatorship and demand :

(Number (ISBN

0674039920

(Number (ISBN

9780674039926

Erroneous ISBN

067401698X

Erroneous ISBN

9780674016989

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b784897

Title Proper

Dictatorship and demand :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the politics of consumerism in East Germany /

First Statement of Responsibility

Mark Landsman.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2005.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 296 pages)

Series Title

Harvard historical studies ;

Volume Designation

147

Text of Note

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

Text of Note

Production and consumption : establishing priorities -- The contest begins: the currency reform, the Berlin Blockade, and the introduction of the HO -- The planned and the unplanned: consumer supply and provisioning crisis -- The rise, decline and afterlife of the new course -- Demand research and the relations between trade and industry -- Crisis revisted: the main economic task and the building of the Berlin Wall.

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Annotation 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. Based on research in recently opened East German state and party archives, this book depicts a regime caught between competing pressures. While East Germany's leaders followed a Soviet model, which fetishized productivity in heavy industry and prioritized the production of capital goods over consumer goods, they nevertheless had to contend with the growing allure of consumer abundance in West Germany. The usual difficulties associated with satisfying consumer demand in a socialist economy acquired a uniquely heightened political urgency, as millions of East Germans fled across the open border. A new vision of the East-West conflict emerges, one fought as much with washing machines, televisions, and high fashion as with political propaganda, espionage, and nuclear weapons. Dictatorship and Demand deepens our understanding of the Cold War.

Title

Dictatorship and demand.

International Standard Book Number

9780674016989

Title

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Consumption (Economics)-- Germany (East)

Socialism-- Germany (East)

Binnenlandse politiek.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.

Consumentisme.

Consumption (Economics)

Economic history.

Koude Oorlog.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.

Politics and government

Socialism.

Germany (East), Economic conditions.

Germany (East), Politics and government.

Germany (East)

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BUS-- 039000

POL-- 023000

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Edition

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Book number

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Landsman, Mark,1966-

Date of Transaction

20201206225619.0

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[Book]

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