The Role of the Masses in the Collapse of the GDR
This book examines the role of the masses in the collapse of the East German regime and state in 1989 in the northern district of Schwerin. It shows the extent to which citizens of the GDR dictatorship were instrumental in their state's demise. The 'botto
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New Perspectives in German Studies General Editors: Professor Michael Butler, Head of Department of German Studies, University of Birmingham and Professor William Paterson, Director of the Institute of German Studies, University of Birmingham Over the last twenty years the concept of German studies has undergone major transformation. The traditional mixture of language and literary studies, related very closely to the discipline as practised in German universities, has expanded to embrace history, politics, economics and cultural studies. The conventional boundaries between all these disciplines have become increasingly blurred, a process which has been accelerated markedly since German unification in 1989/90. New Perspectives in German Studies, developed in conjunction with the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham, has been designed to respond precisely to this trend of the interdisciplinary approach to the study of German and to cater for the growing interest in Germany in the context of European integration. The books in this series will focus on the modern period, from 1750 to the present day. Titles include: Michael Butler and Robert Evans (editors) THE CHALLENGE OF GERMAN CULTURE Essays Presented to Wilfried van der Will Michael Butler, Malcolm Pender and Joy Charnley (editors) THE MAKING OF MODERN SWITZERLAND 1848–1998 Jonathan Grix THE ROLE OF THE MASSES IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE GDR
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The Role of the Masses in the Collapse of the GDR Jonathan Grix Lecturer Institute for German Studies Birmingham
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MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-42090-2 ISBN 978-0-333-97765-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780333977651
First published in the United States of America 2000 by ST. MARTIN’S PRESS, LLC, Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grix, Jonathan. The role of the masses in the collapse of the GDR / Jonathan Grix. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Germany (East)—Politics and government—1989–1990. 2. Protest movements—Germany (East) 3. Demonstrations—Germany (East) I. Title. DD289 .G74 2000 943'.1760878—dc21 00–059177 © Jonathan Grix 2000 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced
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