Peter Grieder

The German Democratic Republic (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A clear, concise and thought-provoking introduction to the history of East Germany which engages critically with key debates and advances new interpretations of the origins, development and demise of the GDR. Peter Grieder also offers an original conceptualization of the GDR as a totalitarian welfare state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350307322
• Artikelnr.: 62730386

Autorenporträt

PETER GRIEDER Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Hull, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on References.- Editors' Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations and Glossary.- Map of the GDR.- Introduction: Concepts.- Conception, 1945-1949.- Construction, 1949-1960.- Consolidation, 1961-1971.- Conservativism, 1971-1977.- Crisis, 1977-1989.- Collapse, 1989-1990.- Conclusion: Obituary.- Bibliography.- Index.