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Constructing socialism at the grass-roots : the transformation of East Germany, 1945-65
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"Based on extensive archival research and utilizing the insights of other studies, this book explores the building of socialism in East Germany, not from the standard perspective of the party and s...
"Based on extensive archival research and utilizing the insights of other studies, this book explores the building of socialism in East Germany, not from the standard perspective of the party and state authorities, but, rather, from focusing on the effects this had at the grass-roots, where patterns of popular opinion, social and cultural continuities from the pre-communist past and the divided loyalties of local functionaries played a crucial role in shaping the face of 'real-existing socialism'."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Corey Ross
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- Language
- English
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- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000
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- xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780312230418, 0312230419
- OCLC
- ocm42476776
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-257) and index.
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Land Reform and its Effects -- 3. Recasting the Factories after the War -- 4. The Origins and Effects of 17 June in the Factories -- 5. The 'Unforced' Collectivization -- 6. Mobilizing East German Youth -- 7. 'Republikflucht': Fleeing the Construction of Socialism -- 8. The Factories from 17 June to the Socialist Brigades -- 9. The Villages from Stalemate to Collectivization -- 10. Youth and the Threats to Socialism -- 11. The Problems and Possibilities of the Open Border -- 12. The Grass-Roots Effects of the Berlin Wall -- 13. Integration, Scepticism and Pragmatism: Patterns of Popular Opinion and Social Change in the Mid-1960s -- 14. Conclusions