Power and Society in the Gdr, 1961-1979: The 'Normalisation of Rule'?

by Fulbrook and Mary Fulbrook

Book Overview

The communist German Democratic Republic, founded in 1949 in the Soviet-occupied zone of post-war Germany is, for many people, epitomized by the Berlin Wall; Soviet tanks and surveillance by the secret security police, the Stasi, appear to be central. But is this really all there is to the GDR s history? How did people come to terms with their situation and make new lives behind the Wall? When the social history of the GDR in the 1960s and 1970s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782381015
• ISBN13: 9781782381013
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"