The histories of East and West Germany traditionally emphasize the Cold War rivalries between the communist and capitalist nations. Yet, even as the countries diverged in their political directions, they had to create new ways of working together economically. This text examines the material...

Introduction: Animal farms -- When pigs could fly -- The great grain robbery the rise of a global animal farm -- The shrinking industrial pig -- The manure crisis -- Small but mine : pigs in the garden -- A plague of wild boars -- The iron law of exports.