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9780809317431 Academic Inspection Copy

Behind the Wall

An American in East Germany, 1988-89
  • ISBN-13: 9780809317431
  • Publisher: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Paul Gleye
  • Price: AUD $66.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 28/01/1992
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: European history [HBJD]
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Standing in long lines in the shops, coaxing clean laundry from an outdated washing machine, traveling despite unpredictable train schedules, and being without hot water, fruit, and vegetables through the gray winter months failed to dull Paul Gleye's perceptions during the year he lived in Weimar, East Germany. Day by day Gleye documented his varied observations and experiences, unaware that they would prove a unique record of what would soon be an extinct society. Gleye was in East Germany as a Fulbright lecturer. Living beyond the capital city of East Berlin and traveling and conversing freely, Gleye gained access to people and places that had been almost completely closed to Americans and other Westerners for decades.
Paul Gleye is an associate professor in the School of Architecture at Montana State University.
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