G. D. R. : The History, Politics, Economy and Society of East Germany by Schneider, Eberhard

Good. Ex-library with lib card and acetate cover protecting DJ. Some pages marked in pencil. Tight binding. Ships from NYC.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This is an analysis of East Germany from within the system, but with an appraisal from the point of view of a different system, Western political democracy; it provides a survey of its economic and political structure, outlines its history, and analyzes its institutions; it describes the way in which, through education, military training, trade unions, community organizations, and other means, it shapes the society to support and benefit from the structure of the state; the author, a political scientist in West Germany, lived in East Germany until 1958 when he left the country after being expelled from secondary school (green cloth with gold lettering, one corner slightly bumped; black & orange dust jacket is rubbed with edgewear; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

St. Martin's Press, 1978-11. Hardcover. Good.