Chapter 7 Becoming a Socialist Consumer: Konsum, HO, and the House of the Child

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. List of Figures XI
5. List of Tables XVII
6. Chapter 1 Introduction 1
7. Chapter 2 Artistic Styles 27
8. Chapter 3 Ruins, Rubble, Reconstruction 49
9. Chapter 4 Images of the Socialist City: The Stalinallee and Plattenbau 67
10. Chapter 5 Mid-Century Modern Architecture in East Berlin: The World Time Clock, TV Tower, and Palace of the Republic 83
11. Chapter 6 Shaping the Image of Moscow 95
12. Chapter 7 Becoming a Socialist Consumer: Konsum, HO, and the House of the Child 113
13. Chapter 8 Visual Culture of Traffic 133
14. Chapter 9 The Design of the Socialist Childhood: Kindergartens, Playgrounds, and Pioneer Institutions 152
15. Chapter 10 How Cute! Young Pioneer Design and Culture 170
16. Chapter 11 The Cold War for Children: Peace Education and Military Training 196
17. Chapter 12 Looking Back: Nostalgia and Literary Change 214
18. Bibliography 231
19. Index 245