{"product_id":"dictatorship-and-demand-mark-landsman-9780674016989","title":"Dictatorship and Demand: The Politics of Consumerism in East Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn investigation into the politics of consumerism in East Germany during the years between the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49 and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, \u003ci\u003eDictatorship and Demand\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the issue of consumption constituted a crucial battleground in the larger Cold War struggle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on research in recently opened East German state and party archives, this book depicts a regime caught between competing pressures. While East Germany's leaders followed a Soviet model, which fetishized productivity in heavy industry and prioritized the production of capital goods over consumer goods, they nevertheless had to contend with the growing allure of consumer abundance in West Germany. The usual difficulties associated with satisfying consumer demand in a socialist economy acquired a uniquely heightened political urgency, as millions of East Germans fled across the open border. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA new vision of the East-West conflict emerges, one fought as much with washing machines, televisions, and high fashion as with political propaganda, espionage, and nuclear weapons. \u003ci\u003eDictatorship and Demand\u003c\/i\u003e deepens our understanding of the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Landsman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067401698X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674016989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.62h x 6.64w x 0.88d","brand":"Mark Landsman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086754853119,"sku":"9780674016989","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97da9f09-4e5a-4333-9bd4-697cae92b0f0.jpg?v=1769096387","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dictatorship-and-demand-mark-landsman-9780674016989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}