After the 'Socialist Spring' : Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR.

Historical analysis of the German Democratic Republic has tended to adopt a top-down model of the transmission of authority. However, developments were more complicated than the standard state/society dichotomy that has dominated the debate among GDR historians. Drawing on a broad range of archival...

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Main Author: Last, George (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2009.
Series:Monographs in German history ; v. 26.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Historical analysis of the German Democratic Republic has tended to adopt a top-down model of the transmission of authority. However, developments were more complicated than the standard state/society dichotomy that has dominated the debate among GDR historians. Drawing on a broad range of archival material from state and SED party sources as well as Stasi files and individual farm records along with some oral history interviews, this book provides a thorough investigation of the transformation of the rural sector from a range of perspectives. Focusing on the region of Bezirk Erfurt, the autho.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.
ISBN:9781845459017
1845459016
9781845455521
1845455525