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"""Carrington's micro-history Love at Last Sight opens like a work of true crime....Carrington uses the case notes from the murder investigation to bring to light experiences that don't usually make it into history books. Frieda's life, especially her love life, he argues, reveals the tensions inherent in the urban middle-class experience during this period: between older and younger generations, between respectability and opportunity, between the public perception of events and reality."" -- Chloë Daniel , London Review of Books ""The book is most engaging when it links historical context with the documented reality of its primary subject's life-in Frieda Kliem, Carrington has found a case thateffectively showcases Berlin women's ""struggle for existence"" and the dangers they might encounter in pursuing a stable, middle-class marriage."" -- Dinah Lensing-Sharp, University of California, German Studies Review ""The study is deeply researched, engagingly written and full of fascinating insight. Particularly significant, both for his analysis and for future work, is his decision not to marginalize queer relationships by examining them separately, but rather to explore all forms of dating and intimacy as part of the broad field of urban experience ... The book can be productively read alongside other recent books on intimacy and urban space in Berlin and will fit very well in graduate or undergraduate courses on Berlin, urban history or the history of emotions."" -- Sace Elder, German History ""Workplace romance, personal ads, new dating technologies, matchmaking services, broken engagements, same-sex intimacy, marriage and upward mobility, sexual dangers in the big city, the decline of marriage, sexual assault, a rising urban murder rate-all of this sounds familiar. Love at Last Sight empathetically deploys the telling life and tragic death of Frieda Kliem to illuminate how these personal fears and sexual disruptions are nothing new. Tyler Carrington's vivid prose and meticulous research successfully transforms turn-of-the-twentieth-century Berlin into a prism of our own time.""--Timothy J. Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 ""Tyler Carrington's Love at Last Sight focuses on the tension between modernity and traditional respectability that is at the core of his central case study on the tragic story of Frieda Kliem. He demonstrates that this tension was typical in the behavior of so many German men and women (straight and gay) who were looking for love, especially if they were middle class or aspired to be so. Carrington thus paints a rich, fascinating picture of life in Berlin around 1900.""--Rick McCormick, University of Minnesota ""Love at Last Sight is a fascinating tale of the search for intimacy in the modern metropolis and a surprising account of how dreams of attaining middle-class respectability shape our romantic lives. Though it's set in turn-of-the-century Berlin, Carrington's historical narrative speaks directly to our most contemporary concerns.""--Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life"

""Carrington's micro-history Love at Last Sight opens like a work of true crime....Carrington uses the case notes from the murder investigation to bring to light experiences that don't usually make it into history books. Frieda's life, especially her love life, he argues, reveals the tensions inherent in the urban middle-class experience during this period: between older and younger generations, between respectability and opportunity, between the public perception of events and reality."" -- Chloë Daniel , London Review of Books ""The book is most engaging when it links historical context with the documented reality of its primary subject's life-in Frieda Kliem, Carrington has found a case thateffectively showcases Berlin women's ""struggle for existence"" and the dangers they might encounter in pursuing a stable, middle-class marriage."" -- Dinah Lensing-Sharp, University of California, German Studies Review ""The study is deeply researched, engagingly written and full of fascinating insight. Particularly significant, both for his analysis and for future work, is his decision not to marginalize queer relationships by examining them separately, but rather to explore all forms of dating and intimacy as part of the broad field of urban experience ... The book can be productively read alongside other recent books on intimacy and urban space in Berlin and will fit very well in graduate or undergraduate courses on Berlin, urban history or the history of emotions."" -- Sace Elder, German History ""Workplace romance, personal ads, new dating technologies, matchmaking services, broken engagements, same-sex intimacy, marriage and upward mobility, sexual dangers in the big city, the decline of marriage, sexual assault, a rising urban murder rate-all of this sounds familiar. Love at Last Sight empathetically deploys the telling life and tragic death of Frieda Kliem to illuminate how these personal fears and sexual disruptions are nothing new. Tyler Carrington's vivid prose and meticulous research successfully transforms turn-of-the-twentieth-century Berlin into a prism of our own time.""--Timothy J. Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 ""Tyler Carrington's Love at Last Sight focuses on the tension between modernity and traditional respectability that is at the core of his central case study on the tragic story of Frieda Kliem. He demonstrates that this tension was typical in the behavior of so many German men and women (straight and gay) who were looking for love, especially if they were middle class or aspired to be so. Carrington thus paints a rich, fascinating picture of life in Berlin around 1900.""--Rick McCormick, University of Minnesota ""Love at Last Sight is a fascinating tale of the search for intimacy in the modern metropolis and a surprising account of how dreams of attaining middle-class respectability shape our romantic lives. Though it's set in turn-of-the-century Berlin, Carrington's historical narrative speaks directly to our most contemporary concerns.""--Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Workplace romance, personal ads, new dating technologies, matchmaking services, broken engagements, same-sex intimacy, marriage and upward mobility, sexual dangers in the big city, the decline of marriage, sexual assault, a rising urban murder rate-all of this sounds familiar. Love at Last Sight empathetically deploys the telling life and tragic death of Frieda Kliem to illuminate how these personal fears and sexual disruptions are nothing new. Tyler Carrington's vivid prose and meticulous research successfully transforms turn-of-the-twentieth-century Berlin into a prism of our own time. --Timothy J. Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 Tyler Carrington's Love at Last Sight focuses on the tension between modernity and traditional respectability that is at the core of his central case study on the tragic story of Frieda Kliem. He demonstrates that this tension was typical in the behavior of so many German men and women (straight and gay) who were looking for love, especially if they were middle class or aspired to be so. Carrington thus paints a rich, fascinating picture of life in Berlin around 1900. --Rick McCormick, University of Minnesota Love at Last Sight is a fascinating tale of the search for intimacy in the modern metropolis and a surprising account of how dreams of attaining middle-class respectability shape our romantic lives. Though it's set in turn-of-the-century Berlin, Carrington's historical narrative speaks directly to our most contemporary concerns. --Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Workplace romance, personal ads, new dating technologies, matchmaking services, broken engagements, same-sex intimacy, marriage and upward mobility, sexual dangers in the big city, the decline of marriage, sexual assault, a rising urban murder rate-all of this sounds familiar. Love at Last Sight empathetically deploys the telling life and tragic death of Frieda Kliem to illuminate how these personal fears and sexual disruptions are nothing new. Tyler Carrington's vivid prose and meticulous research successfully transforms turn-of-the-twentieth-century Berlin into a prism of our own time. --Timothy J. Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 Tyler Carrington's Love at Last Sight focuses on the tension between modernity and traditional respectability that is at the core of his central case study on the tragic story of Frieda Kliem. He demonstrates that this tension was typical in the behavior of so many German men and women (straight and gay) who were looking for love, especially if they were middle class or aspired to be so. Carrington thus paints a rich, fascinating picture of life in Berlin around 1900. --Rick McCormick, University of Minnesota Love at Last Sight is a fascinating tale of the search for intimacy in the modern metropolis and a surprising account of how dreams of attaining middle-class respectability shape our romantic lives. Though it's set in turn-of-the-century Berlin, Carrington's historical narrative speaks directly to our most contemporary concerns. --Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Carrington's micro-history Love at Last Sight opens like a work of true crime....Carrington uses the case notes from the murder investigation to bring to light experiences that don't usually make it into history books. Frieda's life, especially her love life, he argues, reveals the tensions inherent in the urban middle-class experience during this period: between older and younger generations, between respectability and opportunity, between the public perception of events and reality. -- Chloe Daniel , London Review of Books The book is most engaging when it links historical context with the documented reality of its primary subject's life-in Frieda Kliem, Carrington has found a case thateffectively showcases Berlin women's struggle for existence and the dangers they might encounter in pursuing a stable, middle-class marriage. -- Dinah Lensing-Sharp, University of California, German Studies Review The study is deeply researched, engagingly written and full of fascinating insight. Particularly significant, both for his analysis and for future work, is his decision not to marginalize queer relationships by examining them separately, but rather to explore all forms of dating and intimacy as part of the broad field of urban experience ... The book can be productively read alongside other recent books on intimacy and urban space in Berlin and will fit very well in graduate or undergraduate courses on Berlin, urban history or the history of emotions. -- Sace Elder, German History Workplace romance, personal ads, new dating technologies, matchmaking services, broken engagements, same-sex intimacy, marriage and upward mobility, sexual dangers in the big city, the decline of marriage, sexual assault, a rising urban murder rate-all of this sounds familiar. Love at Last Sight empathetically deploys the telling life and tragic death of Frieda Kliem to illuminate how these personal fears and sexual disruptions are nothing new. Tyler Carrington's vivid prose and meticulous research successfully transforms turn-of-the-twentieth-century Berlin into a prism of our own time. --Timothy J. Gilfoyle, author of City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 Tyler Carrington's Love at Last Sight focuses on the tension between modernity and traditional respectability that is at the core of his central case study on the tragic story of Frieda Kliem. He demonstrates that this tension was typical in the behavior of so many German men and women (straight and gay) who were looking for love, especially if they were middle class or aspired to be so. Carrington thus paints a rich, fascinating picture of life in Berlin around 1900. --Rick McCormick, University of Minnesota Love at Last Sight is a fascinating tale of the search for intimacy in the modern metropolis and a surprising account of how dreams of attaining middle-class respectability shape our romantic lives. Though it's set in turn-of-the-century Berlin, Carrington's historical narrative speaks directly to our most contemporary concerns. --Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

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Tyler Carrington is Associate Professor of German Studies and History at Cornell College.

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