Beyond the wall a history of East Germany

When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a new vision of this vanished countr...

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Main Author: Hoyer, Katja (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2023.
Edition:First US edition.
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245 1 0 |a Beyond the wall :  |b a history of East Germany /  |c Katja Hoyer. 
250 |a First US edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Basic Books,  |c 2023. 
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300 |a 475 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations (some color), maps ;  |c 25 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446) and index. 
500 |a "Originally published in 2023 by Allen Lane in Great Britain"--t.p verso. 
505 0 |a Trapped between Hitler and Stalin (1918-1945) -- Risen from the ruins (1945-1949) -- Birth pangs (1949-1952) -- Building socialism (1952-1961) -- Brick by brick (1951-1965) -- The other Germany (1965-1971) -- Planned miracles (1971-1975) -- Friends and enemies (1976-1981) -- Existential carefreeness (1981-1986) -- Everything takes its socialist course (1987-1990) -- Epilogue: Unity. 
520 |a When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a new vision of this vanished country. She reveals the rich political, social and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship. 
651 0 |a Germany (East)  |x History  |y 20th century. 
651 0 |a Germany (East)  |x Politics and government. 
775 0 8 |i Reproduction of (manifestation):  |a Hoyer, Katja.  |t Beyond the wall  |d [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2023  |z 9780241553787 
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