Back to the Postindustrial Future - An Ethnography of Germany's Fastest-Shrinking City (Paperback)

How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is an extreme case of a declining postindustrial city. Built to serve the GDR coal industry, it lost over half its population to outmigration after German reunification and the coal industry crisis, leading to the large-scale deconstruction of its cityscape. This book tells the story of its inhabitants, now forced to reconsider their futures. Building on recent theoretical work, it advances a new anthropological approach to time, allowing us to investigate the postindustrial era and the futures it has supposedly lost.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	EASA Series
Release date:	May 2020
Authors:	Felix Ringel
Dimensions:	153 x 228 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-78920-805-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
LSN:	1-78920-805-X
Barcode:	9781789208054

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