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Bowling for communism urban ingenuity at the end of East Germany

Title: Bowling for communism [electronic resource] : urban ingenuity at the end of East Germany / Andrew Demshuk.
Author: Demshuk, Andrew, 1980-
Publication: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description

1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages) : illustrations.

Summary

"This book shows how civic life functioned in East Germany's second-largest city on the eve of the 1989 Revolution by uncovering illegal and semi-legal acts of 'urban ingenuity' amid catastrophic urban decay"--

Uniform Title

Bowling for communism (Online)

Alternative Title

Bowling for communism (Online)

Subject

Urban renewal > Germany > Leipzig > Citizen participation
Urban renewal > Political aspects > Germany > Leipzig
Urban renewal > Germany > Leipzig > History > 20th century
Communism and architecture > Germany > Leipzig
Architecture and state > Germany (East)
City planning > Political aspects > History > Germany > Leipzig > 20th century
Leipzig (Germany) > Buildings, structures, etc
Leipzig (Germany) > Politics and government > 20th century
Germany (East) > Politics and government > 1989-1990

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-242) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction : Can Leipzig still be saved? -- Survival and Despair in Dystopia -- Urban Ingenuity in the System -- Utopian Visions in 1988 -- Urban Ingenuity Underground -- The City as Stage in Revolution -- Epilogue : Continuities in "The Saved City."

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