Consuming Germany in the Cold War : consumption and national identity in East and West Germany, 1949-1989, an introduction / David F. Crew -- "A world in miniature" : the Leipzig Trade Fairs in the 1950s and East German consumer citizenship / Katharine Pence -- On the seam between socialism and...

Coming to work in the city -- A job for a working man -- Dredging and drudgery -- A job for a working woman -- The living wage -- The hard work of being poor -- The consequence of failure -- The market's grasp