Can I read Synthetic Socialism : Plastics and Dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic on EtoBox?

Synthetic Socialism : Plastics and Dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic by Eli Rubin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Synthetic Socialism : Plastics and Dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic about?

Eli Rubin takes an innovative approach to consumer culture to explore questions of political consensus and consent and the impact of ideology on everyday life in the former East Germany. <i>Synthetic Socialism</i> explores the history of East Germany through the production and use of a deceptively simple material: plastic. Rubin investigates the connections between the communist government, its Bauhaus-influenced designers, its retooled postwar chemical industry, and its general consumer populat

Who reads Synthetic Socialism : Plastics and Dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic?

Author

Eli Rubin

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781469615103

Category

history

Subjects

Economics, Engineering, Business

Updated

2026-03-25