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Working in East Germany

Normality in a Socialist Dictatorship 1961-79

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  1. Jeannette Z. Madarász
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Life in a Socialist Dictatorship

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 1-20

  3. Economic Politics and Company Culture

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 21-42

  4. Transformatorenwerk Berlin: Success and Failure

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 43-65

  5. Berliner Glühlampenwerk: Working and Living Conditions

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 66-85

  6. Erdölverarbeitungswerk Schwedt: Privileged Within a Shortage Economy

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    Pages 86-104

  7. Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt/Oder: Falling Behind the Times

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 105-122

  8. Chemiefaserwerk Premnitz: Creating a Home for Thousands

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 123-140

  9. Conflicts and Solutions

    • Jeannette Z. Madarász
    Pages 141-165

  10. Conclusion: Normality in the GDR

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    Pages 166-175

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 176-206
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About this book

Working in East Germany explores economic tendencies, political relationships and social situations that combined to create a specific socio-political habitat in East Germany after the building of the Berlin Wall. Conditions were peculiar to say the least, especially if compared to Western standards. Nevertheless, the majority of the population perceived their lives as part of a 'socialist normality' that most East Germans adjusted to successfully. This book writes the people back into the history of East Germany.

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"This readable, well-researched account demonstrates how grassroots interests could influence elite policy makers in a socialist dictatorship... Recommended." - CHOICE

About the author

JEANNETTE MADARÁSZ was born in the German Democratic Republic and moved to Hamburg in September 1989. After reading History at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, she completed her doctoral thesis in 2002. She has published extensively on the history of East Germany and is currently working as a Research Fellow at the German Department of University College London.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Working in East Germany

  • Book Subtitle: Normality in a Socialist Dictatorship 1961-79

  • Authors: Jeannette Z. Madarász

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625662

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00160-2Published: 03 November 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-27999-9Published: 01 January 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62566-2Published: 02 November 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 206

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, Social History, Cultural History, History of Germany and Central Europe

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