Entrée principale:

Lukacs, John, 1924-2019.

Titre et auteur:

Budapest 1900 : a historical portrait of a city and its culture / John Lukacs.

Édition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Weindenfeld & Nicolson, ©1988.

Description:

xiv, 255 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Colors, Words, Sounds -- The painter Munkacsy's funeral -- His rise and fall -- The seasons of Budapest -- The atmosphere of the city in 1900 -- Three writers of Budapest in 1900 -- Krudy's descriptions of the city -- Differences between Budapest and Vienna -- 1900 a turning point in the history of Budapest -- The City -- Its physical situation -- Its districts -- Its buildings and architecture -- The crowding of the city -- Rail, river and road; other communications; public services -- Material progress and population increase -- The reputation of Budapest abroad -- The People -- The historical developments of Buda and Pest -- Their unification -- The "Millennium" -- State and conditions of the population in 1900 -- Bourgeois influences -- Culinary habits and changes -- Criminality and prostitution -- Athletics and sports -- The structure of classes; the old nobility; the gentry -- the financial aristocracy and the patrician class -- Changes in the composition of the wealthy classes -- The Jewish population -- The working classes -- The rigidities of class consciousness -- Social mobility -- The Magyarization of Budapest -- Elements of bourgeois civilization -- Relations of the sexes -- Financial lightheadedness and probity -- Politics and Powers -- The Parliament -- Rhetorical habits and customs -- Nationalist optimism -- The worsening of parliamentary behavior -- Historical and constitutional development of the Hungarian state -- The Compromise of 1867 -- The political crisis of 1890.

ISBN:

1555840604
9781555840600

Sujet:

Civilization.
Budapest (Hungary) Civilization.
Hungary Budapest.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 37631
Cote: ID:88-B8575
Statut: Disponible