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Examines the disorientation and dissolution caused by German reunification, describing how democratic reform has become consumer frenzy and offering portraits of individuals that are both exhilarating and tragic
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Borneman, an anthropologist at UC-San Diego, interviewed a variety of East Germans to learn what it was like to live in the German Democratic Republic and how the Autumn Revolution of 1989 affected their lives. The picture that emerges is one of warped lives, stunted productive capacities and an entire generation "perverted to passivity." Among the subjects discussed: the upwelling of public recriminations and reprisals that followed the crumbling of the GDR's power structure, and the concurrent headlong rush into the embrace of capitalism. Socialism, as Borneman wryly observes, had failed to deliver the goods. Millions of East Germans stormed West Berlin in an orgy of shopping after the opening of the Wall, but some prominent East Germans accused their countrymen of betraying socialist ideals "for bananas and better washing machines." Though socialism in East Germany is all but extinct, the Federal Republic's "virtual corporate takeover" of its sister state is far from complete, stresses Borneman. His informative book captures in human terms the difficult transition period as East Germany reconstructs itself on the capitalist model.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherBasic Books
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0465000843
- ISBN 13 9780465000845
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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