Selling the Economic Miracle Economic Reconstruction and Politics in West Germany, 1949-1957

Through an examination of election campaign propaganda and various public relations campaigns, reflecting new electioneering techniques borrowed from the United States, this work explores how conservative political and economic groups sought to construct and sell a political meaning of the Social Ma...

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Main Author: Spicka, Mark E. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berghahn Books 2007
Series:Monographs in German History
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