Berlin now : the city after the Wall /

Berlin now : the city after the Wall /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schneider, Peter, 1940-
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Description:	vi, 326 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Manners and customs. Social conditions Travel. Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1990- Berlin (Germany) -- Description and travel. Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs. Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions. Germany -- Berlin. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10076234

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ISBN:	9780374254841 (hbk.) 0374254842 (hbk.) 9780374712105 (ebk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Translated from the German.
Summary:	A "longtime Berliner's ... exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers--Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time; the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living--Schneider takes us on an insider's tour of this rapidly metamorphosing metropolis, where high-class soirees are held at construction sites and enterprising individuals often accomplish more without public funding--assembling a makeshift club on the banks of the Spree River--than Berlin's officials do"--Provided by publisher.

Table of 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
Notes
Acknowledgments