Andrew Demshuk

Demolition on Karl Marx Square

Cultural Barbarism and the People's State in 1968

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The 1968 demolition of Leipzig's medieval University Church represents an essential turning point in relations between Communist authorities and the people they claimed to serve. The largest East German protest between the 1953 Uprising and 1989 Revolution, this intimate story clarifies how the "dictatorial" system operated and lost public belief.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780190645120
• ISBN-10: 0190645121
• Artikelnr.: 48248874

Autorenporträt

Andrew Demshuk is Assistant Professor of History at American University. His publications include The Lost German East: Forced Migration and the Politics of Memory (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
A Brief Chronology: Augustus Square - Karl Marx Square
Introduction
Chapter 1: Missed Chances, 1949-1959
Chapter 2: Outrage at the Exhibition of 1960
Chapter 3: Demolitions and Dread, 1961-1964
Chapter 4: The Buildup to Detonation in 1968
Chapter 5: Total Disconnect, 1968-1989
Epilogue: The Impossible Memory Site
Notes
Glossary of Leading Figures
Bibliography