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Conflict and Stability in the German Democratic Republic

Andrew I. Port
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      Why did the German Democratic Republic last for so long - longer, in fact, than the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich combined? This book looks at various political, social, and economic conflicts at the grass roots of the GDR in an attempt to answer this question and account for regime stability. A local study, it examines opposition and discontent in Saalfeld, an important industrial and agricultural district. Based on previously inaccessible primary sources as well as on interviews with local residents, the book offers a novel explanation for the durability of the regime by looking at how authorities tried to achieve harmony and consensus through negotiation and compromise. At the same time, it shows how official policies created deep-seated social cleavages that promoted stability by hindering East Germans from presenting a united front to authorities when mounting opposition or pressing for change. All of this provides an indirect answer to perhaps the major question of the postwar period: Why did the Cold War last as long as it did?
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Andrew I. Port EAN: 9780521866514 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 630 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-12-25 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, General and world history

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      Andrew I. Port is an Assistant Professor of History at Wayne State University, Detroit. He earned a PhD in history from Harvard University and a BA in history from Yale University. He has published articles in Social History and the Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung. Professor Port is a research associate at the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and he was a visiting scholar at the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung (Center for Contemporary Historical Research) in Potsdam, Germany.
      Why did the German Democratic Republic last for so long - longer, in fact, than the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich combined? This book looks at various political, social, and economic conflicts at the grass roots of the GDR in an attempt to answer this question and account for regime stability. A local study, it examines opposition and discontent in Saalfeld, an important industrial and agricultural district. Based on previously inaccessible primary sources as well as on interviews with local residents, the book offers a novel explanation for the durability of the regime by looking at how authorities tried to achieve harmony and consensus through negotiation and compromise. At the same time, it shows how official policies created deep-seated social cleavages that promoted stability by hindering East Germans from presenting a united front to authorities when mounting opposition or pressing for change. All of this provides an indirect answer to perhaps the major question of the postwar period: Why did the Cold War last as long as it did?
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Andrew I. Port EAN: 9780521866514 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 630 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-12-25 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, General and world history

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      Andrew I. Port is an Assistant Professor of History at Wayne State University, Detroit. He earned a PhD in history from Harvard University and a BA in history from Yale University. He has published articles in Social History and the Frankfürter Allgemeine Zeitung. Professor Port is a research associate at the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and he was a visiting scholar at the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung (Center for Contemporary Historical Research) in Potsdam, Germany.

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