Book: Constructing Socialism In the two decades following the defeat of the Third Reich, East Germany was transformed from a war-ravaged occupation zone into an apparent model of Soviet-style socialism. Based on extensive archival research, this book explores the building of socialism in East Germany not from the standard perspective of the party and state authorities. Rather, it focuses on the effects at the grass-roots, where patterns of popular opinion, social and cultural communities from the pre-eminent past and the divided loyalties of local functionaries played a crucial role in shaping the face of "real existing socialism."
Details of Book: Constructing Socialism Book: Constructing Socialism
Author: Corey Ross, P. Stewart Stewart Stewart Michael Ross
ISBN: 0312230419
ISBN-13: 9780312230418
, 978-0312230418
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: Mar 2000
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Number of Pages: 276
Language: English