Overview

A wide range of transatlantic contributors addresses Berlin as a global focal point of the Cold War, and also assess the geopolitical peculiarity of the city and how citizens dealt with it in everyday life. They explore not just the implications of division, but also the continuing entanglements and mutual perceptions which resulted from Berlin’s unique status. An essential contribution to the study of Berlin in the 20th century, and the effects - global and local - of the Cold War on a city.

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Author:   Scott H. Krause ,  Stefanie Eisenhuth ,  Dr Konrad H. Jarausch
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9781788310710

ISBN 10:   1788310713
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   11 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introducing Cold War Berlin From Heart of Darkness to Heap of Rubble: Berlin as Nazi Capital Division of the Spoils: Berlin as Symbol and as Prize Policing the Border Area in East Berlin: Rules, Conflicts and Negotiations, 1961-1989 Kennedy, Khrushchev, King, and Springsteen: Staging Visits in a Divided City From Old War to Cold War: Berlin as Urban Planning Laboratory in the First Postwar Years Entangled Entertainment: Cinema and Television in Cold War Berlin The Politics of Subculture in both Berlins Living in the Wall’s Shadow: Berlin’s Turkish Community, 1961–1989 Experimental Art and Cultural Exchange in Late Cold War Berlin Behind the Wall, across the Wall: Gay Activism in East-Berlin Exhibiting Berlin: Local History in its Museums Performing Berlin: The Rivaling 750th Anniversaries of 1987 Divided Memory in United Berlin Border Fragments, Border Fantasies: Cold War Berlin in Retrospect Index

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Konrad H. Jarausch is Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Stefanie Eisenhuth is a research associate at Berlin’s Humboldt University, Germany. Scott H. Krause is a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

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