Framed by the life, murder, and sensational trial over an enterprising seamstress, Love at Last Sight tells a history of dating in Berlin, where the romantic technologies and opportunities of the turn-of-the-century city--such as missed connections and newspaper personal ads--offered men and women on the margins the best shot at finding love but exposed them to tremendous risk.
Framed by the life, murder, and sensational trial over an enterprising seamstress, Love at Last Sight tells a history of dating in Berlin, where the romantic technologies and opportunities of the turn-of-the-century city--such as missed connections and newspaper personal ads--offered men and women on the margins the best shot at finding love but exposed them to tremendous risk.
Tyler Carrington is Associate Professor of German Studies and History at Cornell College.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Romantic Fantasies in The Big City Chapter Two: Urban Avenues to Love Chapter Three: Reimagining Marriage Chapter Four: Emerging Technologies of Love Chapter Five: Modern Dating and Respectability on Trial Epilogue Notes References Index
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Romantic Fantasies in The Big City Chapter Two: Urban Avenues to Love Chapter Three: Reimagining Marriage Chapter Four: Emerging Technologies of Love Chapter Five: Modern Dating and Respectability on Trial Epilogue Notes References Index
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