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Balint Andras Varga - The Monumental Nation: Magyar Nationalism and Symbolic Politics in Fin-de-siAcle Hungary - 9781785333132 - V9781785333132
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The Monumental Nation: Magyar Nationalism and Symbolic Politics in Fin-de-siAcle Hungary

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Description for The Monumental Nation: Magyar Nationalism and Symbolic Politics in Fin-de-siAcle Hungary Hardback. In a quixotic episode in nineteenth-century Hungary's attempts to spread nationalist sentiments, monuments were erected near small towns commemorating the medieval conquest of the Carpathian Basin-the supposed origin of the Hungarian nation. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 19 illustrations, 11 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
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 Balint Varga thus reframes the narrative of nineteenth-century nationalism, demonstrating the complex relationship between local and national memories. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Austrian and Habsburg Studies
Condition
New
Weight
561g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333132
SKU
V9781785333132
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About Balint Andras Varga
Balint 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.

Reviews for The Monumental Nation: Magyar Nationalism and Symbolic Politics in Fin-de-siAcle Hungary
This is a splendid and ambitious study of the tension between nationalizing ambitions and the stubborn realities of local politics. Varga has managed to synthesize primary and secondary sources from more than six languages, putting all of it into a coherent, accessible narrative that yields real analytic insights into the political culture of late nineteenth-century Hungary.
Paul Hanebrink, ... Read more

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