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. PETER GRIEDER Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Hull, UK. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57937-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 144
- Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés