Demshuk, Andrew,  1980- <br/><br/>
Bowling for communism :  urban ingenuity at the end of East Germany / 
Andrew Demshuk. 
 - Ithaca, [New York] :  Cornell University Press,  (c)2020. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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." 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501751677 9781501751684 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020004275 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban renewal--Citizen participation.--Germany--Leipzig<br/>Urban renewal--Political aspects--Germany--Leipzig.<br/>Urban renewal--History--Germany--Leipzig--20th century.<br/>Communism and architecture--Germany--Leipzig.<br/>Architecture and state--Germany (East)<br/>City planning--Political aspects--History--Germany--Leipzig--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DD901  / .B695 2020