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The Garden and the Workshop: Essays on the Cultural History of Vienna and Budapest

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Contrasting cultures of Vienna and Budapest unravelled

This book would be a good read for anyone interested in exploring the cultural history of Vienna and Budapest in the early 20th century. Through vivid vignettes, the author captures the essence of these two cities by highlighting their distinct civic cultures. From the intellectual and artistic vibrancy to the impact of modernization, Hanak's exploration of everyday life and mass culture provides valuable insights into the socio-cultural currents that shaped Central Europe during that time. Whether you are a history enthusiast or simply curious about the contrasting dynamics between Vienna and Budapest, this book offers a captivating and informative journey.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Garden and the Workshop: Essays on the Cultural History of Vienna and Budapest

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ISBN: 9780691009650
Related Collections: Sociology, History, Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: European History, History, Essays

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A century ago, Vienna and Budapest were the capital cities of the western and eastern halves of the increasingly unstable Austro-Hungarian empire and scenes of intense cultural activity. Vienna was home to such figures as Sigmund Freud, Gustav Klimt, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Budapest produced such luminaries as Bela Bartok, Georg Lukacs, and Michael and Karl Polanyi. However, as Peter Hanak shows in these vignettes of fin-de-siecle life, the intellectual and artistic vibrancy common to the two cities emerged from deeply different civic cultures. Hanak surveys the urban development of the two cities and reviews the effects of modernization on various aspects of their cultures. He examines the process of physical change, as rapid population growth, industrialization, and the rising middle class ushered in a new age of tenements, suburbs, and town planning. He investigates how death and its rituals - once the domain of church, family, and local community - were transformed by the commercialization of burials and the growing bureaucratic control of graveyards. He explores the mentality of common soldiers and their families - mostly of peasant origin - during World War I, detecting in letters to and from the front a shift toward a revolutionary mood among Hungarians in particular. He presents snapshots of such subjects as the mentality of the nobility, operettas and musical life
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Contrasting cultures of Vienna and Budapest unravelled

This book would be a good read for anyone interested in exploring the cultural history of Vienna and Budapest in the early 20th century. Through vivid vignettes, the author captures the essence of these two cities by highlighting their distinct civic cultures. From the intellectual and artistic vibrancy to the impact of modernization, Hanak's exploration of everyday life and mass culture provides valuable insights into the socio-cultural currents that shaped Central Europe during that time. Whether you are a history enthusiast or simply curious about the contrasting dynamics between Vienna and Budapest, this book offers a captivating and informative journey.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.