| The Monumental Nation: Magyar Nationalism and Symbolic Politics in Fin-De-Siècle Hungary Contributor(s): Varga, Bálint (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1785333135 ISBN-13: 9781785333132 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Austria & Hungary - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2016026105 |
| Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the 1860s onward, Habsburg Hungary attempted a massive project of cultural assimilation to impose a unified national identity on its diverse populations. In one of the more quixotic episodes in this "Magyarization," large monuments were erected near small towns commemorating the medieval conquest of the Carpathian Basin--supposedly, the moment when the Hungarian nation was born. This exactingly researched study recounts the troubled history of this plan, which--far from cultivating national pride--provoked resistance and even hostility among provincial Hungarians. Author Bálint Varga thus reframes the narrative of nineteenth-century nationalism, demonstrating the complex relationship between local and national memories. |
Contributor Bio(s): Varga, B.: - Bálint Varga has been a research fellow at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2013. In 2015, he was awarded the R. John Rath Prize from the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota. |