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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A wide range of transatlantic contributors addresses Berlin as a global focal point of the Cold War, and 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.This is an essential contribution to the study of Berlin in the twentieth century, and the effects - global and local - of the Cold War on a city. Vorwort An exploration of the effects of the Cold War on the city of Berlin. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
