Communism day-to-day
Subtitle: state enterprises in East German society
By: Sandrine Kott ; translated from the French by Lisa Godin-Roger
Contributors: Godin-Roger, Lisa, translator
Series: Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany; Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780472118717
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Social conditions; Communism; History
Work titles: Communisme au quotidien
Description: Examines how East German citizens and workers experienced the conditions created by the socialist dictatorial state, focusing on state enterprises as a contact zone between state and society.
Notes: Translation of: Communisme au quotidien : les entreprises d'Etat dans la société est-allemande. Paris : Belin, c2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-346).
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why write about the history of the GDR; title: Party power and the limits of domination; title: State enterprises as socialist institutions : politics and culture; title: From the individual to the community; title: Social differences and tensions in the people's enterprises; title: Youth in socialist production; title: Women at work; title: The spirit and act of giving; title: Socialist timescapes and everyday rituals.