Beyond the wall : a history of East Germany /
Hoyer, Katja,
Beyond the wall : a history of East Germany / Katja Hoyer. - First US edition. - 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
"Originally published in 2023 by Allen Lane in Great Britain"--t.p verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index.
Trapped between Hitler and Stalin (1918-1945) -- Risen from the ruins (1945-1949) -- Birth pangs (1949-1952) -- Building socialism (1952-1961) -- Brick by brick (1951-1965) -- The other Germany (1965-1971) -- Planned miracles (1971-1975) -- Friends and enemies (1976-1981) -- Existential carefreeness (1981-1986) -- Everything takes its socialist course (1987-1990) -- Epilogue: Unity.
When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a new vision of this vanished country. She reveals the rich political, social and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship.
9781541602571 1541602579
2023930577
Germany (East)--History--20th century.
Germany (East)--Politics and government.
Beyond the wall : a history of East Germany / Katja Hoyer. - First US edition. - 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
"Originally published in 2023 by Allen Lane in Great Britain"--t.p verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index.
Trapped between Hitler and Stalin (1918-1945) -- Risen from the ruins (1945-1949) -- Birth pangs (1949-1952) -- Building socialism (1952-1961) -- Brick by brick (1951-1965) -- The other Germany (1965-1971) -- Planned miracles (1971-1975) -- Friends and enemies (1976-1981) -- Existential carefreeness (1981-1986) -- Everything takes its socialist course (1987-1990) -- Epilogue: Unity.
When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a new vision of this vanished country. She reveals the rich political, social and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship.
9781541602571 1541602579
2023930577
Germany (East)--History--20th century.
Germany (East)--Politics and government.