Material Fantasies : Expectations of the Western Consumer World among East Germans.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Technology and European History Series ; v.6 .
- Technology and European History Series .
Intro -- Material Fantasies -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Fieldwork -- Chapter 2 Germany 1945: A Country in Ruins -- Chapter 3 The GDR: Future Promises -- Chapter 4 Material Realizations -- Chapter 5 The East German Dictatorship -- Chapter 6 Silenced Pasts -- Chapter 7 Western Promise -- Chapter 8 Shattered Illusions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.