Modern Hungarian society in the making : the unfinished experience

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Modern Hungarian society in the making : the unfinished experience

András Gerő ; translated by James Patterson and Enikő Koncz

Central European University Press, 1995

  • : hc
  • : pbk

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Magyar polgárosodás

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Includes bibliographical references

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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Volume

: 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
Volume

: 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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