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082	0	0	_a943.1087 _bSPE/O
100	1		_aSperlich, Peter W.
245	1	0	_aOppression and scarcity: the history and institutional structure of the Marxist-Leninist government of East Germany and some perspectives on life in a socialist system/ _cPeter W. Sperlich.
260			_aWestport, Conn. : _bPraeger Publishers, _c2006.
300			_axv, 302 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-290) and index.
505			_a1. Introduction. -- 2. The Partitioning of Germany and Allied Policies. -- 3. Beginnings and governmental structure. -- 4 . Politics: party, state, and citizen. -- 5. Economics: reforms, rigidity, and failure. -- 6. Persuasion nd non-persuasion: public opion and public discourse. -- 7 Life in East Germany: some vignettes. -- 8. The end of the GDR: revolution and reunification. Bibliography. Index.
650		0	_aSocialism _zGermany (East) _xHistory.
650		0	_aCommunism _zGermany (East) _xHistory.
650		0	_aCommunist state.
651		0	_aGermany (East) _xPolitics and government.
651		0	_aGermany (East) _xSocial conditions.
651		0	_aGermany (East) _xEconomic conditions.
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