Vienna : a cultural history / Nicholas Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Nicholas.

Series:

Cityscapes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vienna (Austria)--History.

Vienna (Austria).

Vienna (Austria)--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xix, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Hapsburgs, Vienna's fortunes swung between survival and expansion. By the late nineteenth century it had become the western capital of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, but the twentieth century saw it degraded to a 'hydrocephalus' cut off from its former economic hinterland. After the inglorious Nazi interlude, Vienna began the long climb back to the prosperous and cultivated city of 1.7 million inhabitants that it is today. Subjected to constant infusions of new, Vienna has both assimilated and resisted cultural influences from outside, creating its own sui generis culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.

ISBN:

9780195376067

0195376064

9780195376074

0195376072

OCLC:

221155367