About the Author

Eli Rubin is currently visiting scholar at the Zentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung and fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Berlin. He is assistant professor of history at Western Michigan University.

Reviews

[An] innovative and well-structured study. . . . An original, well-written, and pleasingly presented book that makes an important contribution to the secondary literature on the GDR.--Journal of Central European History

A brilliant analysis of how plastics are . . . essential to understanding East German Socialism, the nature of its dictatorship, and even Germany's role in the cold war. . . . An outstanding contribution to East German and consumer studies, particularly in its examination of GDR society. This exceptional book presents a bold argument for understanding socialism and its legacy through material culture.--Bookforum

A welcome addition to a growing body of literature seeking to explore the changing meanings and ways in which the East German world was constructed.--American Historical Review

An innovative contribution to the history of consumption in the GDR.--Technology and Culture

Describes the penetrating changes to the everyday world in exemplary fashion.--Deutschland Archiv

Outstanding. . . . Valuably extends our understanding of postwar modernity and East German socialism. . . . A lively, methodologically robust, and elegantly written book that should be read by all who seek cultural and historical insight into the logic, function, and legacy of former East Germany.--German Studies Review

Provides a novel and informative avenue to understanding the relationship between the East German people and their government.--Choice

Refreshing and original. . . . Provides a sophisticated and important discussion of how power worked in socialist Germany.--Journal of Modern History

Rubin's study stands out as a highly original and effective contribution to our understanding of the GDR in its middle period....a model for future studies.--Bulletin of the German Historical Institute

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