Berlin Now
The City After the Wall
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vi, 326 pages ; 22 cm
"A vibrant look at Berlin--perhaps Europe's most exciting city--since the fall of the Wall"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Cinderella Berlin -- The great awakening -- Clash of the architects -- Potsdamer Platz -- Berlin Schloss versus Palace of the Republic -- West Berlin -- A "Wessi" attempts to find Berlin's soul -- Berlin: emergence of a new metropolis -- City West versus capital city (East) and vice versa -- Love (and sex) in Berlin -- Love in divided Berlin -- Love after the fall of the Wall -- Clubs -- What happened to the Wall anyway? -- The American sector is leaving you -- The ghost of BER International Airport -- The Stasi legacy -- An "enemy of the state" becomes boss -- The new racism -- Vietnamese in Berlin -- Anetta Kahane and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation -- The new barbarism -- Turks in Berlin -- A mayor flouts political correctness -- Yes, you can : the Rütli School -- Help, the Swabians are coming! -- A belated cemetery visit -- The man who gave Nefertiti away -- Jewish life in Berlin -- Spring in Berlin.
Subjects:
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
HISTORY / Historical Geography.
Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1990-
Berlin (Germany) -- Description and travel.
Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs.
Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions.
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
HISTORY / Historical Geography.
Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1990-
Berlin (Germany) -- Description and travel.
Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs.
Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions.
ISBN:
9780374254841 (hardback)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Europe Germany Sch | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/24/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references.