Dictatorship and Demand : The Politics of Consumerism in East Germany
Consumption (Economics) Socialism Germany (East) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic history POLITICAL SCIENCE Binnenlandse politiek Consumentisme Koude Oorlog sähkökirjat BUSINESS & General European History History Politics and government Regional History Wirtschaft Political science
Harvard University Press
2005
EISBN 9780674039926
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.
