The hundred years between the revolutions of 1848 and the population transfers of the mid-twentieth century saw the nationalization of culturally complex societies in East Central Europe. This fact has variously been explained in terms of modernization, state building and nation-building theories, each of which treats the process of nationalization as something inexorable, a necessary component of modernity. Although more recently social scientists gesture to the contingencies that may shape these larger developments, this structural approach makes scholars far less attentive to the "hard...
The hundred years between the revolutions of 1848 and the population transfers of the mid-twentieth century saw the nationalization of culturally comp...
The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. It nevertheless oversaw a multinational federation where the capital of Vienna was unmistakably linked with its eastern periphery in a quasi-colonial arrangement that inevitably shaped the cultural and intellectual life of the Habsburg Empire. This was particularly evident in the era's colonial utopian writing, and Tropics of Vienna blends literary criticism, cultural theory, and historical analysis to illuminate this curious genre. By analyzing the works of...
The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. It nevertheless oversaw a ...
"Conceptually complicated and with wide-ranging empirical investigations, this volume is most likely to appeal to readers with some prior exposure to Central European history and theoretical approaches to nationalism. They will find in it plentiful food for thought."- The American Historical Review
"The volume is highly recommended for anyone researching multiculturalism, and one can only agree with CsAky's assertion that Habsburg Central Europe was a "laboratory" of experiences that can be usefully discussed in a broader context." -...
"Conceptually complicated and with wide-ranging empirical investigations, this volume is most likely to appeal to readers with some prior expos...
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...
From the 1860s onward, Habsburg Hungary attempted a massive project of cultural assimilation to impose a unified national identity on its diverse ...
The end of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy radically reshaped the political structures and national identity of East-Central Europe. Embers of Empire focuses on this complex and disruptive transition and sheds new light on the efficacity of imperial institutions.
The end of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy radically reshaped the political structures and national identity of East-Central Eur...
The 1999 Austrian election results produced an uprising against a turn to the political right. The Art of Resistance examines artworks created in responses to the Freedom Party of Austria and analyses the styles and strategies deployed by a large range of artists who clashed against increased normalization of far-right thinking.
The 1999 Austrian election results produced an uprising against a turn to the political right. The Art of Resistance examines artworks created in resp...
In a quixotic episode in 19th-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. This study recounts the troubled history of this plan...
In a quixotic episode in 19th-century Hungary's attempts to spread nationalist sentiments, monuments were erected near small towns commemorating the m...
