Andrew Demshuk, "Bowling for Communism: Urban Ingenuity at the End of East Germany"
English | ISBN: 1501751662 | 2020 | 272 pages | PDF | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 1501751662 | 2020 | 272 pages | PDF | 10 MB
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. In a city mired in disrepair, civic pride overcame resentment against a regime loathed for corruption, Stasi spies, and the Berlin Wall.
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