The Currency of Socialism

by Jonathan R. Zatlin

Book Overview

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 eliminating money and explains the reasons for its failure. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including unpublished communist reports, secret police files,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007CJGRBI
• ISBN13: 9780521743600
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"