State and Minorities in Communist East Germany

State and Minorities in Communist East GermanyBased on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovahs Witnesses, Jews, guest workers from Vietnam and Mozambique, football fans, punks, and skinheads) and their interaction with state and party bodies during Erich Honeckers rule over the communist system. It explores how they were able to resist persecution and

the children make their way to Toyland

political and literary history

not least by the films' participation in a certain moral outlook—concerning personal and cultural transformation—that Cavell calls "Emersonian Perfectionism

It shows how “traditional” Vietnamese marketplaces have continually been reshaped and adapted to meet the changing political-economic circumstances and civilizational ideals of the time

whereas Sewstern played host to a wide variety of trades between the 14th and 19th centuries

Depending on whether the interactions between the individual and the immediate surroundings lean toward affirmation or invalidation

Elisabeth Reichart is one of the most important and provocative writers to emerge from postwar Austria

and four short stories show a promising writer at the very beginning of his career

and the influence of traditional Japanese painting

books come close to being as beloved – or as ubiquitous – as The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Adams provides thoughtful reflection on both Christianity and the magnificent structures of the Gothic period

object and pottery descriptions