Multicultural cities of the Habsburg Empire, 1880-1914 imagined communities and conflictual encounters / Catherine Horel.
| Author/creator | Horel, Catherine |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2023. |
| Description | xvii, 556 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Imagined communities and conflictual encounters |
| Contents | Midsize cities in Austria-Hungary -- Austro-Hungarian Tower of Babel: the city and its languages -- Bells and church towers: the confessional diversity -- Schools: learning multiculturalism or factory of the nation? -- Cultural institutions: multiculturalism and national discourse -- Spaces and landscapes of the city -- Politics in the city -- Sharing the city. |
| Abstract | "Catherine Horel has undertaken a comparative analysis of the societal, ethnic, and cultural diversity in the last decades of the Habsburg Monarchy as represented in twelve cities: Arad, Bratislava, Brno, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Oradea, Rijeka, Sarajevo, Subotica, Timi€¿oara, Trieste, and Zagreb. By purposely selecting these cities, the author aims to counter the disproportionate attention that the largest cities in the empire receive. With a focus on the aspects of everyday life faced by the city inhabitants (associations, schools, economy, and municipal politics) the book avoids any idealization of the monarchy as a paradise of peaceful multiculturalism, and also avoids exaggerating conflicts. The author claims that the world of the Habsburg cities was a dynamic space where many models coexisted and created vitality, emulation, and conflict. Modernization brought about the dissolution of old structures, but also mobility, the progress of education, the explosion of associative life, and constantly growing cultural offerings"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-538) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023024357 |
| ISBN | 9789633862896 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |