Bowling for communism : urban ingenuity at the end of East Germany /

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"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Demshuk, Andrew, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
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 > Germany > Leipzig > History > 20th century.
Rénovation urbaine > Allemagne > Leipzig > Participation des citoyens.
Rénovation urbaine > Aspect politique > Allemagne > Leipzig.
Rénovation urbaine > Allemagne > Leipzig > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Communisme et architecture > Allemagne > Leipzig.
Architecture > Politique gouvernementale > Allemagne (Est)
1900 - 1999.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
Architecture and state.
Buildings.
City planning > Political aspects.
Communism and architecture.
Politics and government.
Urban renewal.
Urban renewal > Citizen participation.
Urban renewal > Political aspects.
Leipzig (Germany) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Leipzig (Germany) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Germany (East) > Politics and government > 1989-1990.
Allemagne (Est) > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-1990.
Germany (East)
Germany > Leipzig.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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