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Consuming Germany in the Cold War /
Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. Consumption and the quality of everyday life qui ckly became important battlefields upon which the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Berg,
2003.
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| Colección: | Leisure, consumption, and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. Consumption and the quality of everyday life qui ckly became important battlefields upon which the East-West conflict would be fought. This book focuses on the competing types of consumer societies that developed over time in the two Germanies and the legacy each left. Consuming Germany in th e Cold War assesses why East Germany increasingly fell behind in this competition and how the failur. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845206215 1845206215 1859737668 1859737714 9781859737712 9781859737668 1282662198 9781282662193 9786612662195 6612662190 9781350048232 1350048232 |