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About this book
A distinguished historian and Budapest native offers a rich and eloquent portrait of one of the great European cities at the height of its powers.
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Budapest, like Paris and Vienna, experienced a remarkable exfoliation at the end of the nineteenth century. In terms of population growth, material expansion, and cultural exuberance, it was among the foremost metropolitan centers of the world, the cradle of such talents as BartĂłk, KodĂĄly, KrĂșdy, Ady, MolnĂĄr, Koestler, SzilĂĄrd, and von Neumann, among others.
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John Lukacs provides a cultural and historical portrait of the cityâits sights, sounds, and inhabitants; the artistic and material culture; its class dynamics; the essential role played by its Jewish populationâand a historical perspective that describes the ascendance of the city and its decline into the maelstrom of the twentieth century.
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Intimate and engaging, Budapest 1900 captures the glory of a city at the turn of the century, poised at the moment of its greatest achievements, yet already facing the demands of a new age.
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"Lukacs's Budapest, like Hemingway's Paris, is a moveable feast." âChilton Williamson
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"Lukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history." â The New York Review of Books
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"A reliable account of a beautiful city at the zenith of its prosperity." â Publishers Weekly
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Budapest, like Paris and Vienna, experienced a remarkable exfoliation at the end of the nineteenth century. In terms of population growth, material expansion, and cultural exuberance, it was among the foremost metropolitan centers of the world, the cradle of such talents as BartĂłk, KodĂĄly, KrĂșdy, Ady, MolnĂĄr, Koestler, SzilĂĄrd, and von Neumann, among others.
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John Lukacs provides a cultural and historical portrait of the cityâits sights, sounds, and inhabitants; the artistic and material culture; its class dynamics; the essential role played by its Jewish populationâand a historical perspective that describes the ascendance of the city and its decline into the maelstrom of the twentieth century.
Â
Intimate and engaging, Budapest 1900 captures the glory of a city at the turn of the century, poised at the moment of its greatest achievements, yet already facing the demands of a new age.
Â
"Lukacs's Budapest, like Hemingway's Paris, is a moveable feast." âChilton Williamson
Â
"Lukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history." â The New York Review of Books
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"A reliable account of a beautiful city at the zenith of its prosperity." â Publishers Weekly
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Also by John Lukacs
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List or Illustrations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Colors, Words, Sounds
- Chapter 2 The City
- Chapter 3 The People
- Chapter 4 Politics and Powers
- Chapter 5 The Generation of 1900
- Chapter 6 Seeds or Troubles
- Chapter 7 Since Then
- References
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author