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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826419503321

Autore

Szelényi Balázs A

Titolo

Failure of the central European bourgeoisie / / BalázsA. Szelényi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36109-7

9786611361099

0-230-60154-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

307.7609439

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Hungary - History

Feudalism - Hungary - History

Middle class - Hungary - History

Hungary Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Urban Development in the Hungarian Kingdom between the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Centuries; 3 The New Burghers; 4 The Difficult Victory of Habsburg Absolutism; 5 Enlightenment from the Towns; 6 The Challenges of Ethnic Nationalism; 7 Conclusion: The Failed Bourgeoisie?; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive study traces the history of over forty royal free towns from the sixteenth-century to 1848 in the territories of what today are Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. Szelényi argues that these towns have been a neglected feature of national meta-narratives in Eastern Europe because their dwellers were often German speakers.