Constructing Socialism at the Grass-Roots: The Transformation of East Germany, 1945–65

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-16
The Land Reform and its Effects....Pages 17-32
Recasting the Factories after the War....Pages 33-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
The Origins and Effects of 17 June in the Factories....Pages 53-59
The ‘Unforced’ Collectivization, 1952–53....Pages 60-70
Mobilizing East German Youth....Pages 71-82
‘Republikflucht’: Fleeing the Construction of Socialism....Pages 83-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-90
The Factories from 17 June to the Socialist Brigades....Pages 91-104
The Villages from Stalemate to Collectivization....Pages 105-124
Youth and the Threats to Socialism....Pages 125-142
The Problems and Possibilities of the Open Border....Pages 143-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
The Grass-Roots Effects of the Berlin Wall....Pages 161-182
Integration, Scepticism and Pragmatism: Patterns of Popular Opinion and Social Change in the Mid-1960s....Pages 183-201
Conclusions....Pages 202-211
Back Matter....Pages 212-262