"With the translations of these articles, original GDR essays are made available to the English-speaking public. The editors achieved their aim to present material 'essential for an understanding of the German Democratic Republic.' The introductions to each chapter, the footnotes, and the questions for discussion attest to their dedication."—GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW

This collection was prepared and co-published with the Senior Scholars' Seminar of Gettysburg College. The essays explore the emergence of a new society that is at once a high technology, service, information, affluent, and post-materialist society. The articles address such significant developments as robotics in industry; electronic funds transfer; technology on farming and defense; structure of American corporations; persistence of poverty in America; patterns of stability and change in the American family; and several other topics which characterize the changing world. Suitable reader for political science, economics, and sociology courses.

"With the translations of these articles, original GDR essays are made available to the English-speaking public. The editors achieved their aim to present material 'essential for an understanding of the German Democratic Republic.' The introductions to each chapter, the footnotes, and the questions for discussion attest to their dedication."—GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW

This collection was prepared and co-published with the Senior Scholars' Seminar of Gettysburg College. The essays explore the emergence of a new society that is at once a high technology, service, information, affluent, and post-materialist society. The articles address such significant developments as robotics in industry; electronic funds transfer; technology on farming and defense; structure of American corporations; persistence of poverty in America; patterns of stability and change in the American family; and several other topics which characterize the changing world. Suitable reader for political science, economics, and sociology courses.