"By many measures, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had the strongest economy in the Eastern bloc and was one of … examples of central planning's deficiencies. This volume analyzes both the successes and failures of the East German economy … 1945 and the post-1990 era. Contributors also trace the present and future of the East German economy and suggest possible …

/ Katharine Pence -- On the seam between socialism and capitalism : East German fashion shows / Judd Stitziel -- The order of … substitutes : plastic consumer goos in the Volkswirtschaft and everyday domestic life in the GDR / Eli Rubin -- Born again in the …

-written volume shows that these artisans were neither exclusively reactionary in their politics nor cynically sacrificed by the Nazis … at the altar of the war economy'--Jay Lockenour, Temple University; 'This is an impressive study that bears directly upon …

sechs Abschnitte, die sich mit der inneren Entwicklung der DDR, der Genese der Wiedervereinigung, deren innenpolitischen …