After the 'Socialist Spring' Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR Last, George creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. History. nyu 2009 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (288 pages). Historical analysis of the German Democratic Republic has tended to adopt a top-down model of the transmission of authority. However, developments were more complicated than the standard state/society dichotomy that has dominated the debate among GDR historians. Drawing on a broad range of archival material from state and SED party sources as well as Stasi files and individual farm records along with some oral history interviews, this book provides a thorough investigation of the transformation of the rural sector from a range of perspectives. Focusing on the region of Bezirk Erfurt, the autho. Title page-After the 'Socialist Spring'; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; Introduction; Part I-Consolidation and Control: Collectivisation and Its Malcontents; Chapter 1-Steps Towards Full Collectivisation of Agriculture; Chapter 2-The Aftermath of Collectivisation; Chapter 3-Farming Behind the Wall; Part II-Communicating Reform: The Limits of Economic Transformation; Chapter 4-Steps Towards Reform; Chapter 5-Resistance, Compromise and 'Cooperation'; Chapter 6-Critical Transitions. Part III-Stable Instability: Economic Stagnation and the End of TransformationChapter 7-From Ulbright to Honecker; Chapter 8-Stabilisation and Stagnation; Chapter 9-Economic Crisis and Popular Dissatisfaction-The Road to 1989; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. Electronic resource. Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index. e-ge--- Collectivization of agriculture Germany (East) History Agriculture and state Germany (East) Germany (East) Economic conditions 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic Conditions BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Comparative POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions HISTORY Modern 20th Century Agriculture and state Collectivization of agriculture Economic history Germany (East) Collectivisatie Landbouw DDR Kollektivierung Bezirk Erfurt 1900-1999 fast Geschichte 1952-1989 swd HD1492.G2 L37 2009 330.9431087 15.70 After the 'Socialist Spring' : Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR Last, George. New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., ©2009 Monographs in German history ; v. 26 9781845459017 1845459016 9781845455521 1845455525 22573/ctt7j1jtk JSTOR http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt9qd4jg EBLCP 101018 20260728172632.1 in00004079114 eng