The monumental nation : Magyar nationalism and symbolic politics in Fin-de-Siecle Hungary / Bálint Varga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varga, Bálint, 1983- author.

Series:

Austrian and Habsburg studies.

Austrian and Habsburg Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Hungary--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Memorialization--Political aspects--Hungary.

Memorialization.

Hungary--Politics and government--1867-1918.

Hungary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, England : Berghahn, 2016.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

Terminology

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I A millennium-old past

Chapter 1 The Challenge of Integration: Hungary in the Nineteenth Century

Chapter 2 Anchoring a Millennium-Old Past in the Hungarian Minds

Part II Cities

Chapter 3 Pressburg and Theben

Chapter 4 Nitra

Chapter 5 Munkács

Chapter 6 Brassó

Chapter 7 The Magyar Inland: Pannonhalma and Pusztaszer

Chapter 8 Semlin

Chapter 9 Local Conditions of National Integration

Part III Events

Chapter 10 Prologue: The Many Faces of the Millennium

Chapter 11 Signs for Eternity: The Millennial Monuments

Chapter 12 The Millennial Monuments in the Public Space, 1896–1918

Appendix 1 Tables

Appendix 2 Name Locator

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-643-X

OCLC:

1004973765