LEADER 03437nam 22005893 450 001 9910739490503321 005 20231009084507.0 010 $a963-386-289-2 035 $a(CKB)5600000000014710 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29277275 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29277275 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000014710 100 $a20231009d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMulticultural Cities of the Habsburg Empire, 1880-1914 $eImagined Communities and Conflictual Encounters 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBudapest :$cCentral European University Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (570 pages) 311 $a963-386-290-6 327 $aList of illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- City profiles -- Austro-Hungarian Tower of Babel: the city and its languages -- Bells and church towers: the confessional diversity -- Schools: learning multiculturalism or factory of the nation? -- Cultural institutions: multiculturalism and national discourse -- Spaces and landscapes of the city -- Politics in the city --Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"Catherine Horel has undertaken a comparative analysis of the societal, ethnic, and cultural diversity in the last decades of the Habsburg Monarchy as represented in twelve cities: Arad, Bratislava, Brno, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Oradea, Rijeka, Sarajevo, Subotica, Timis?oara, Trieste, and Zagreb. By purposely selecting these cities, the author aims to counter the disproportionate attention that the largest cities in the empire receive. With a focus on the aspects of everyday life faced by the city inhabitants (associations, schools, economy, and municipal politics) the book avoids any idealization of the monarchy as a paradise of peaceful multiculturalism, and also avoids exaggerating conflicts. The author claims that the world of the Habsburg cities was a dynamic space where many models coexisted and created vitality, emulation, and conflict. Modernization brought about the dissolution of old structures, but also mobility, the progress of education, the explosion of associative life, and constantly growing cultural offerings"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aCities and towns$zEurope, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aCities and towns$zEurope, Central$xHistory 606 $aMulticulturalism 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary$2bisacsh 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban$2bisacsh 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xHistory 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xSocial conditions 607 $aEurope, Central$xHistory 607 $aEurope, Central$xPolitics and government 607 $aEurope, Central$xSocial conditions 615 0$aCities and towns$xHistory. 615 0$aCities and towns$xHistory. 615 0$aMulticulturalism. 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban 676 $a305.80094309/041 686 $aHIS040000$aSOC026030$2bisacsh 700 $aHorel$b Catherine$01282485 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910739490503321 996 $aMulticultural cities of the Habsburg Empire, 1880-1914$93554633 997 $aUNINA