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Bowling for communism : urban ingenuity at the end of East Germany
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'Bowling for Communism' illuminates how civic life functioned in Leipzig, East Germany's second-largest city, on the eve of the 1989 revolution by exploring acts of 'urban ingenuity' amid catastrop...
'Bowling for Communism' illuminates how civic life functioned in Leipzig, East Germany's second-largest city, on the eve of the 1989 revolution by exploring acts of 'urban ingenuity' amid catastrophic urban decay. Andrew Demshuk profiles the creative activism of local communist officials who, with the help of scores of volunteers, constructed a palatial bowling alley without Berlin's knowledge or approval.
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- Creator
- Andrew Demshuk
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9781501751677, 1501751670, 9781501751684, 1501751689, 9781501751660, 9781501751660
- OCLC
- on1139014404, on1202624496
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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."
Subjects
- 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.
- Leipzig (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- Leipzig (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Germany (East) -- Politics and government -- 1989-1990.