Description
| Summary: | Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. Consumption and the quality of everyday life qui ckly became important battlefields upon which the East-West conflict would be fought. This book focuses on the competing types of consumer societies that developed over time in the two Germanies and the legacy each left. Consuming Germany in th e Cold War assesses why East Germany increasingly fell behind in this competition and how the failur.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781845206215
1845206215
1859737668
1859737714
9781859737712
9781859737668
1282662198
9781282662193
9786612662195
6612662190
9781350048232
1350048232 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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