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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Madarász, J

Titel

Working in East Germany : Normality in a Socialist Dictatorship 1961-79 [electronic resource]

Auflage

1st ed. 2006

Ort / Verlag

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Life in a Socialist Dictatorship; 1 Economic Politics and Company Culture; 2 Transformatorenwerk Berlin: Success and Failure; 3 Berliner Glühlampenwerk: Working and Living Conditions; 4 Erdölverarbeitungswerk Schwedt: Privileged Within a Shortage Economy; 5 Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt/Oder: Falling Behind the Times; 6 Chemiefaserwerk Premnitz: Creating a Home for Thousands; 7 Conflicts and Solutions; Conclusion: Normality in the GDR; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Working in East Germany explores economic tendencies, political relationships and social situations that combined to create a specific socio-political habitat in East Germany after the building of the Berlin Wall. Conditions were peculiar to say the least, especially if compared to Western standards. Nevertheless, the majority of the population perceived their lives as part of a 'socialist normality' that most East Germans adjusted to successfully. This book writes the people back into the history of East Germany.
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