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

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
Main Authors:	Demshuk, Andrew, 1980-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2020
Subjects:	Leipzig (Germany) > Buildings, structures, etc Leipzig (Germany) > Politics and government > 20th century Germany (East) > Politics and government > 1989-1990 Germany (East) Germany > Leipzig 1900-1999 Geschichte 1989 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 Architecture and state Buildings City planning > Political aspects Communism and architecture Politics and government Urban renewal Urban renewal > Citizen participation Urban renewal > Political aspects Bürgerbeteiligung Illegalität Leipzig History
Online Access:	rezensiert in: sehepunkte 22 (2022), Nr. 10

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."