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1 online resource (288 pages). |
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Monographs in German history ; v. 26
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Monographs in German history ; v. 26.
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Contents |
Title page-After the 'Socialist Spring'; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; Introduction; Part I-Consolidation and Control: Collectivisation and Its Malcontents; Chapter 1-Steps Towards Full Collectivisation of Agriculture; Chapter 2-The Aftermath of Collectivisation; Chapter 3-Farming Behind the Wall; Part II-Communicating Reform: The Limits of Economic Transformation; Chapter 4-Steps Towards Reform; Chapter 5-Resistance, Compromise and 'Cooperation'; Chapter 6-Critical Transitions. |
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Part III-Stable Instability: Economic Stagnation and the End of TransformationChapter 7-From Ulbright to Honecker; Chapter 8-Stabilisation and Stagnation; Chapter 9-Economic Crisis and Popular Dissatisfaction-The Road to 1989; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index. |
Note |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
Subject |
Collectivization of agriculture -- Germany (East) -- History.
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Collectivization of agriculture. |
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Germany (East) |
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History. |
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Agriculture and state -- Germany (East)
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Agriculture and state. |
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Germany (East) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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Economic conditions. |
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20th century |
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1900-1999 |
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Geschichte 1952-1989 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Last, George. After the 'Socialist Spring' : Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR. New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., ©2009 9781845455521 |
ISBN |
9781845459017 (electronic book) |
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1845459016 (electronic book) |
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9781845455521 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1845455525 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781789201086 (electronic book) |
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178920108X (electronic book) |
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