
This interdisciplinary volume addresses the consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the revitalizing effect it had on Germany to the new challenges of integrating socially and politically old and new minorities, and forming a new European identity. It also considers...

PART I: RE-VIEWING THE BERLIN WALL Germany 1989: A New Type of Revolution?; K.H.Jarausch The Different Aesthetics of the Berlin Wall; O.Briese Politics, Culture, and Media before and after the Berlin Wall; H.Wrage PART II: RE-NEWING BERLIN IN UNIFIED GERMANY Re-Capitalizing Berlin;...