The currency of socialism : money and political culture in East Germany / Jonathan R. Zatlin
There is perhaps nothing so commonplace and yet so mystifying as money. But to European communists, money was clearly an instrument of economic exploitation and spiritual alienation. In this groundbreaking study, Jonathan R. Zatlin explores the East German attempt to create a perfect society by elim...
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| Główni autorzy: | Zatlin, Jonathan R. (Autor) |
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| Format: | Książka |
| Język: | English |
| Wydane: | Washington, DC : German Historical Institut [u.a.], 2007 Cambridge [u.a.], 2007 |
| Wydanie: | 1. publ |
| Seria: | Publications of the German Historical Institute
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| Dostęp online: | Verlagsangaben Autorenbiografie Inhaltsverzeichnis Rezension Rezension |
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| Making and unmaking money : monetary theory and economic planning in East Germany |
| Accounting and accountability : financing the planned economy under Honecker, 1971-1980 |
| Parsimony and the prince : crisis and stability, 1980-1985 |
| The currency of decline : the dis--integration of the East German economy, 1986-1989 |
| The vehicle of desire : the Trabant, the Wartburg, and the discipline of demand |
| Consuming ideology : the Intershops, Genex, and retail trade under Honecker |
| Appealing to authority : the citizens petitions and the rhetoric of decline |
| Epilogue : revisiting reunification |
