People''s State - East German Society From Hitler to Honecker

Informationen zum Autor Mary Fulbrook is professor of German history at University College London. Among her books is the best-selling A Concise History of Germany. Klappentext What was life really like for East Germans! effectively imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain? This book explores the transformation of East German society from the ruins of Hitler's Third Reich to a modernizing industrial state. It also examines changing conceptions of normality within an authoritarian political system. Zusammenfassung What was life really like for East Germans! effectively imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain? This book explores the transformation of East German society from the ruins of Hitler's Third Reich to a modernizing industrial state. It also examines changing conceptions of normality within an authoritarian political system.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Fulbrook, Fulbrook Mary
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2008
• EAN: 9780300144246
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14424-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), East Germany, Ddr, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General