Behind the Berlin Wall
Subtitle: East Germany and the frontiers of power
By: Patrick Major.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199243280
Subjects: Power (Social sciences) -- Germany (East) -- History; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Walls -- Social aspects -- Germany (East) -- History; Boundaries -- Social aspects -- Germany (East) -- History; Cold War; Germany (East) -- History; Germany (East) -- Politics and government; Germany (East) -- Social conditions; Germany (East) -- Boundaries -- Germany (West); Germany (West) -- Boundaries -- Germany (East)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The frontiers of power; title: pt. 1. Before the wall, 1945-61; title: East Germany's dual crisis : politics and economics on the eve of the wall; title: Crossing the line : Republikflucht between defection and migration; title: Holding the line : policing the open border; title: pt. 2. Behind the wall, 1961-89; title: Walled in : 13 August 1961; title: In the shadow of the wall : coming to terms with communism; title: Wanderlust : travel, emigration, and the movement; title: pt. 3. Beyond the wall; title: The fall of the wall : 9 November 1989; title: Seeking closure : remembering the wall.