Modern Hungarian society in the making : the unfinished experience
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Modern Hungarian society in the making : the unfinished experience
Central European University Press, 1995
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Magyar polgárosodás
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English translation from the Hungarian of: Magyar polgárosodás
"First published in Hungarian as Magyar polgárosodás in 1993 by Atlantisz Könyvkiadó(Medvetánc), Budapest"
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: hc ISBN 9781858660233
Description
Illuminates the problems connected with Hungary's transition to a civil society while providing insights into the development of political culture and the rise of civil and national consequences.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Part One Towards a civil society
l The Making of Modem Hungary
2 Industrial Development in the Eyes of Opposition Reformers of the l840s
3 The Emergence of Bourgeois Thought: Arguments in Favour of the Polish Uprising at the Hungarian Diet of 1832-6
4 Count Szechenyi and the Conflicts of Modemity
5 Liberalism, 1830-67: Reformer Roles and Social Awareness
6 Politics and National Minorities, 1848-9
Part Two The emergence of civil society at the crossroads of liberalism and conservatism
7 Mamelukes and Zoltans: Elected Representatives under the Dual Monarchy
8 The Two Houses of Parliament: History of a Changing Atmosphere
9 Liberalism, Conservatism and Political Legitimacy under the Dual Monarchy
10 Liberals, Anti-Semites and Jews at the Birth of Modem Hungary
Part Three National consciousness and the making of cults
11 The Millennium Monument
12 A Hungarian Cult: Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria
13 March the Fifteenth
Biographical index
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: pbk ISBN 9781858660240
Description
This study illuminates the problems connected with Hungary's transition to a civil society, while providing insights into the development of political culture and the rise of civic and national consciousness in Hungary over the last 150 years. It deals with the growth of a middle class, the modernization of society and the conflict involved in this process, which determined political and ideological trends at the turn of the century. The final section is devoted to assessing the importance of national symbols and myths. The book blends political, social and cultural history, setting Hungary's development within the context of Central Europe as a whole and thus providing a comparison with the development of other countries of the region. At the same time, through its exploration of historical trends, the volume sheds light on the processes of contemporary political and social thought.
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