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Designing One Nation SCHREITER Sep2020 Vor CCBYNCND King’s Research Portal DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190877279.001.0001 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication record in King's Research Portal Citation for published version (APA): Schreiter, K. (2020). Designing One Nation: The Politics of Economic Culture and Trade in Divided Germany. Oxford University Press, USA. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190877279.001.0001 Citing this paper Please note that where the full-text provided on King's Research Portal is the Author Accepted Manuscript or Post-Print version this may differ from the final Published version. If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination, volume/issue, and date of publication details. And where the final published version is provided on the Research Portal, if citing you are again advised to check the publisher's website for any subsequent corrections. 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Oct. 2021 Designing One Nation The Politics of Economic Culture and Trade in Divided Germany Katrin Schreiter Oxford University Press Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press Madison Avenue, New York, NY , United States of America. © Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. 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Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Designing One Nation Form Follows Function: Industrial Design and the Emergence of Postwar Economic Culture Producing Modern German Homes: The Economy of Nation Branding ­ Intra-German Trade and the Aesthetic Dialectic of European Integration From Competition to Cooperation: Cold War Diplomacy of German Design : Conservative Modernity: The Reception of Functionalism in German Living Rooms The Ties That Never Broke ­ Notes Bibliography It is a great pleasure to express my appreciation to the individuals and institu- tions who helped me in the process of writing this book. First and foremost, I would like to thank Oxford University Press and the terric Susan Ferber and Alexandra Dauler for believing in this project when it rst landed on their desks. I am especially indebted to the two anonymous reviewers who gave cru- cial suggestions and encouraging comments that have contributed tremendously in transforming an interdisciplinary, multi-archival project into a proper book manuscript. The majority of the research was funded by grants from the University of Pennsylvania and its School of Arts and Sciences. The Penn Program on De- mocracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism Graduate Fellowship allowed me a carefree year of writing and welcomed me into an inspiring interdisciplinary setting. I owe much as well to the support of Thomas Childers, Kathy Peiss, Paul Betts, and Catriona MacLeod whose comments and encouragement were par- ticularly valuable in developing this book manuscript. At King’s College Lon- don, I not only found a new intellectual home at the departments of German and of European and International Studies but also a thriving interdisciplinary environment that supported my continued research on this book by funding frequent visits to archives in Germany. As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise children, and it takes equally as many people to nish a book project of transnational scope. During my research in Germany, a number of people provided me with invaluable support. First, I would like to thank the friendly sta of the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz and Ber- lin for their help in locating rare materials. Kerstin Schenke and Gisela Haker have greatly assisted my research and led extensive requests on my behalf for early document access. Special thanks go to Helge Aszmoneit at the Rat für Formgebung in Frankfurt who provided me with personal contacts and expert knowledge about all things design in Germany. The sta of the Politische Ar- chiv at the Foreign Oce of the Federal Republic helped tirelessly with tracing early postwar-era les, while sta at the Werkbund Archiv der Dinge in Berlin, the Staatsarchiv Dresden, and the Stadtarchiv Stuttgart oered their expertise xi xii Acknowledgments in lling in gaps in the national record. Similarly, I am grateful to the founda- tion Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Berlin for the op- portunity to peruse their Sammlung industrielle Gestaltung, a treasure trove documenting GDR industrial design initiatives. Special thanks go to Thorsten Krause and Anja Schubert, who helped with locating visual materials under complicated circumstances. Helen Streilein oered support at the archive of the Association for Consumption, Market and Sales Research in Nuremberg. I am indebted to Uta Brandes, Michael Blank, Axel Bruchhäuser, Michael Erlho, Peter Frank, Rolf Heide, Karin Hirdina, Günther Höhne, Rudolf Horn, Bernd Göbel, Martin Kelm, Karin Kirsch, Lore Kramer, Peter Maly, Detlef Mika, Her- bert and Rotraud Pohl, and Renate Sigwart who generously invited me into their homes and workplaces. Their indispensable personal accounts oered valuable insights into the practice of design in Cold War Germany. The generous support of the furniture production and retail companies Deutsche Werkstätten Helle- rau, Interlübke, Möbel Wallach, Hülsta, Tecta, and Walter Knoll provided the opportunity to see rsthand what I was writing about. In England, I was assisted by the knowledgeable sta of the University of Brighton Design Archives in researching the institutional nature of German Cold War design globally. With- out the seless and enthusiastic support from these institutions and individuals, this book would have never come into being. Early dras of book chapters have received feedback from colleagues on nu- merous occasions, among them panels at annual conferences of the German Studies Association and the American Historical Association, colloquia and research seminars at Freie Universität
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