{"product_id":"the-afterlife-of-utopia-samantha-maurer-fox-9781501785108","title":"The Afterlife of Utopia: Urban Renewal in Germany's Model Socialist City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Samantha Maurer Fox traces the transformation of Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany's first planned socialist city, from a Cold War showcase to a paragon of sustainable shrinkage.\u003c\/b\u003e Founded in 1950 as Stalinstadt, the city was designed to embody socialist ideals. After German reunification, Eisenhüttenstadt lost over half its population, shifting from a model city at the center of the Eastern Bloc to a shrinking city on the nation's periphery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFox portrays Eisenhüttenstadt's story as reinvention rather than decline. Today, its restored center is Europe's largest protected historical site, reshaped by extensive demolition and renewal projects. Fox shows how these initiatives revived the city's original collectivist ideals, creatively reclaiming socialist heritage through an urban strategy unmatched in late industrial Europe.\u003ci\u003e The Afterlife of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when grand ideological experiments outlive the regimes that built them, challenging assumptions about resilience, progress, and urban futurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Maurer Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501785109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501785108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Samantha Maurer Fox","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48175413526783,"sku":"9781501785108","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcd318dc-6713-4f60-8374-845c05521c9a.jpg?v=1771333605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-afterlife-of-utopia-samantha-maurer-fox-9781501785108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}