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  • Schneider, Peter, 1940-
     
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  • Schneider, Peter, 1940-
     
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  • Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1990-
     
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  • Berlin (Germany) -- Description and travel.
     
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    Berlin now : the city after the Wall / Peter Schneider ; translated from the German by Sophie Schlondorff.
    by Schneider, Peter, 1940-
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    Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2014.
    Call #:943.155 S359b
    Subjects
  • Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
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  • Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1990-
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  • Berlin (Germany) -- Description and travel.
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  • Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs.
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  • Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions.
  • ISBN: 
    9780374254841 (hc.)
    0374254842 (hc.)
    Alternate title: 
    City after the Wall
    Edition: 
    First edition.
    Description: 
    vi, 326 pages ; 22 cm.
    Notes: 
    "Portions of this book originally appeared, in slightly different form, in Der Tagesspiegel, Der Hauptstadtbrief, and The New York Times Magazine"--T.p. verso.
    Translated from the the German.
    Bibliography: 
    Includes bibliographical references.
    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 R©ơtli School -- Help, the Swabians are coming! -- A belated cemetery visit -- The man who gave Nefertiti away -- Jewish life in Berlin -- Spring in Berlin.
    Summary: 
    An intellectual tour of present-day Berlin explores its vibrant, heterogeneous culture, thriving artistic communities, rapidly evolving metropolis, and disparate Eastern and Western views on work, food, and love.
    Other authors: 
    Schlondorff, Sophie.
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