George Last - After the ‘Socialist Spring’: Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR

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After the Socialist Spring: Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR

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Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR

George Last

A FTER THE S OCIALIST S PRING

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Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective / edited by
Last, George.

After the socialist spring : collectivism and economic transformation in
the GDR / George Last. 1st ed.

p. cm. (Monographs in German history ; v. 26)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84545-552-1 (hardback : alk. paper)

ISBN 978-1-78920-108-6 (open access ebook)

1. Collectivization of agricultureGermany (East)History. 2. Germany
(East)Economic conditions20th century. 3. Agriculture and state
Germany (East). I. Title.

HD1492.G2L37 2008

330.9431087dc22

2008032694

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