Berlin's Black market
939-1950
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Author
Publication
2015 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
73,000 words, Guess
Page Count
292 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL30394606M
- ISBN-139781137017741
- OCLC Control Number909320467
- Library of Congress Control Number2015014745
Classifications
- DDC381
- LCCHF5482.65.G3 Z5413 2015
- LCCCB3-481
Description
"This is a social history of Berlin's black market during World War II and the post-war period, looking at both its participants and their practices, the macroeconomic context in which the market operated and the everyday strategies that were deployed by individuals to navigate the market. Malte Zierenberg reveals the black market to be a complex structure, which is on the one hand a geographical space but on the other hand represents a conceptual category within an economy"-- "This book puts the illegal economy of the German capital during and after World War II into context and provides a new interpretation of Germany's postwar history. The black market, it argues, served as a reference point for the beginnings of the two new German states"--
Subjects
Series Statement
- Worlds of consumption
Other Editions
- Berlin's Black market
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