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

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

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author:	Demshuk, Andrew, 1980- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2020]
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.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

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."