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020 _a9781628944457
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050 0 4 _aHC290
_b.H697 2021
049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aSchnehen, Gerhard,
_d1949-
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245 1 0 _aHow socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist /Gerhard Schnehen.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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504 _a1
505 0 0 _aPart one. Before the 1963 'economic reform' --
_tThe prevention of democratic change in East Germany after World War II --
_tThe role of the soviet military administration in Germany (SMAD) --
_tThe foundation of the GDR on October 7, 1949 --
_tStalin's diplomatic initiative in March/April --
_t"Accelerated construction of socialism" --
_tthe second party conference of the socialist unity party --
_tThe 17th of June, 1953 --
_tThe new character of the socialist unity party after the June events --
_tFirst steps towards the new economic system --
_tThe events preceding the building of the Berlin Wall --
_tThe building of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 --
_t"De-Stalinization" --
_tA former Nazi --
_tUlbricht's first choice for the "economic reform" --
_tFinal preparations --
_tPart two. The "new economic system of planning and leadership" (NOSPL) --
_tDisregard for the law of central planning --
_tProfit as regulator of social production --
_tThe realization of profit through the market --
_tMeans of production becoming commodities --
_tThe new banking and credit system --
_tThe reform of industrial prices --
_tSelf-financing --
_tConcentration and centralization of capital --
_tThe new premium system --
_tThe abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade --
_tInflux of foreign capital --
_tThe sector "commercial coordination" (KoKo) --
_tDebt policies --
_tA new capitalist class --
_tThe GDR working class --
_tAn exploited class --
_tThe consciousness of the GDR working class --
_tThe GDR state --
_tan instrument of the new ruling class --
_tPart three. The end of the Ulbricht era --
_tThe plot to get rid of Walter Ulbricht --
_tThe reasons for Ulbricht's removal: the economic crisis in the GDR in 1970 --
_tThe "Prague spring" --
_tThe Polish rebellion --
_tHonecker's "main task".
520 0 _a"When East and West Germany re-united, the world was amazed - but this great moment should have been foreseen. East Germany, the GDR, was not transformed by a counterrevolution from the outside; the leadership was always capitalist at heart. The author shows how they were undermining the socialist foundations even in the 1950s, as soon as Stalin died"--
_cProvided by publisher.
530 _a2
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650 0 _aCapitalism
_zGermany (East)
_xHistory.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password.
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell