Black Market, Cold War - Everyday Life in Berlin, 1946-1949

Informationen zum Autor Paul Steege is an Associate Professor of History at Villanova University and co-editor of the electronic discussion list H-German. Klappentext This book explains how and why Berlin became the symbolic capital of the Cold War. Zusammenfassung This book explains how and why Berlin became the symbolic capital of the Cold War. Paul Steege anchors his account of this emerging global conflict in the terrain of a city literally shattered by World War II. In this history of everyday life! he claims for Berliners a vital role in making possible Berlin's iconic Cold War status. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Postwar Berlin: the continuities of scarcity; 2. October 1946: rolling back Soviet power; 3. June 1947: Berlin politics in the shadow of the black market; 4. March 1948: Berlin and the struggle for the Soviet Zone; 5. August 1948: battle lines on the Potsdamer Platz; 6. June 1949: ending the blockade.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Steege, Paul (Villanova University Steege
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521745178
• ISBN: 978-0-521-74517-8
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, C 1945 To C 1960, Cold wars and proxy conflicts