Power and Society in the GDR, 1961-1979 : the 'Normalisation of Rule'?.
The Berlin Wall, for many people, epitomizes the communist German Democratic Republic, founded in 1949 in the Soviet-occupied zone of post-war Germany; other central features of life in the GDR appear to be under the threat of repression by Soviet tanks and surveillance by the secret security police...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books, Inc.,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Berlin Wall, for many people, epitomizes the communist German Democratic Republic, founded in 1949 in the Soviet-occupied zone of post-war Germany; other central features of life in the GDR appear to be under the threat of repression by Soviet tanks and surveillance by the secret security police, the Stasi . But is repression and surveillance really all there is to the GDR's history? How did people come to terms with their situation and make new lives behind the Wall? When the social history of the GDR in the 1960s and 1970s is explored, new patterns become evident. In a period characteris. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (348 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781845459130 184545913X 1282627724 9781282627727 9786612627729 6612627727 |