Selling the Economic Miracle
Subtitle: Economic Reconstruction and Politics in West Germany, 1949-1957 (Monographs in German History)
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: July 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781845452230
Subjects: Economic history; c 1945 to c 1960; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; West Germany; Development - Economic Development; Europe - Germany; General; 1945-1990; 20th century; Economic conditions; Economic policy; Free enterprise; Germany (West); History
Description: "The origins and nature of the "economic miracle" in Germany in the 1950s continue to attract great interest from historians, economists, and political scientists. Examining election campaign propaganda and various public-relations campaigns during this period, the author explores ways that conservative political and economic groups sought to construct and sell a political meaning of the Social Market Economy and the Economic Miracle, which contributed to conservative electoral success, constructed a new understanding of economics by West German society, and provided legitimacy for the new Federal Republic Germany."--BOOK JACKET.