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The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany

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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew DemshukPublish date:2/15/2026Pages:348
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501785474ISBN-10:1501785478UPC:9781501785474Book Category:History, Political Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Europe, World, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:Germany, Russian & SovietSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.78 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SC3TVHK5PE

The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany

The Filthiest Village in Europe traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology--campaigns by diverse local actors that exposed environmental and economic crises East Germany's political system could not resolve. Notoriously known by the late 1980s as "the filthiest village in Europe," Mölbis suffocated...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501785474ISBN-10:1501785478UPC:9781501785474Book Category:History, Political Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Europe, World, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:Germany, Russian & SovietSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.78 inchesWeight:1.0318Product ID:SC3TVHK5PE

Andrew Demshuk is Professor of History at American University and the author of Bowling for Communism.


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