After the 'Socialist Spring' Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR.
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Berghahn Books, Inc.
2009, 2009
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| Series: | Monographs in German history
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 288 pages |
| ISBN: | 6612627603 9781845455521 1282627600 9781282627604 1845455525 9786612627606 |