Building an East German Nation

The Construction of a Socialist Heimat , 1945–1961

Bibliographic Data

ID9645461
AuthorsJan Palmowski (0000-0001-6308-5775, King's College London, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume37
Issue3
Pages365-399
Publication date2004-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCentral European History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1163/1569161041445661
OpenAlexW2143700886
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited23

Following the GDR's surprising collapse in 1989, historians have produced a range of studies that have added new contours to its state and society and contributed to a much fuller understanding of the reasons for East Germany's implosion. As scholars became more aware of the “limits of dictatorship” in the GDR, however, the longevity of a state that lasted for almost as long as the second German Empire became all the more perplexing. In response to this problem, a number of historians reflected on approaches practiced by historical anthropologists and sociologists, to explore the distinctive nature of GDR life in its everyday manifestations. Inspired by the pioneering work of Alf Lüdtke and Lutz Niethammer, they began to investigate the history of everyday life at the workplace, within and across generational and gender divides, and in areas such as consumption and leisure

Ancient history · Archaeology · Consumption (sociology · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic history · Empire · Everyday life · German · Implosion · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Weimar Republic · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law

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