The Hungarians : a thousand years of victory in defeat / Paul Lendvai ; translated by Ann Major.
2021
DB925 .L4613 2021
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Title
The Hungarians : a thousand years of victory in defeat / Paul Lendvai ; translated by Ann Major.
Author
Uniform Title
Ungarn. English
Edition
New edition.
ISBN
9780691200286 electronic book
0691200289 electronic book
9780691200279 paperback
0691200289 electronic book
9780691200279 paperback
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 549 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Call Number
DB925 .L4613 2021
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1195817588
Summary
"In this absorbing and comprehensive history, Paul Lendvai tells the fascinating story of how the Hungarians, despite a string of catastrophes and their linguistic and cultural isolation, have survived as a nation for more than one thousand years. Now with a new preface and a new chapter that brings the narrative up to the present, the book describes the evolution of Hungarian politics, culture, economics, and identity since the Magyars first arrived in the Carpathian Basin in 896. Through colorful anecdotes of heroes and traitors, victors and victims, revolutionaries and tyrants, Lendvai chronicles the way progressivism and economic modernization have competed with intolerance and narrow-minded nationalism. An unforgettable blend of skilled storytelling and scholarship, The Hungarians is an authoritative account of this enigmatic and important nation"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
"First edition originally published as 'Die Ungarn. Ein Jahrtausend Sieger in Niederlagen' by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich, 1999."
"English translation first published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, and in North America, South America, and the Philippines by Princeton University Press, Copyright © 2003."
"English translation first published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, and in North America, South America, and the Philippines by Princeton University Press, Copyright © 2003."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
"Heathen Barbarians" overrun Europe: Evidence from St Gallen
Land Acquisition or Conquest? The Question of Hungarian Identity
From Magyar Mayhem to the Christian Kingdom of the Árpáds
The Struggle for Continuity and Freedom
The Mongol Invasion of 1241 and its Consequences
Hungary's Rise to Great Power Status under Foreign Kings
The Heroic Age of the Hunyadis and the Turkish Danger
The Long Road to the Catastrophe of Mohács
The Disaster of Ottoman Rule
Transylvania: the Stronghold of Hungarian Sovereignty
Gábor Bethlen: Vassal, Patriot and European
Zrinyi or Zrinski? One Hero for Two Nations
The Rebel Leader Thököly: Adventurer or Traitor?
Ferenc Rákóczi's Fight for Freedom from the Habsburgs
Myth and Historiography: an Idol through the Ages
Hungary in the Habsburg Shadow
The Fight against the "Hatted King"
Abbot Martinovics and the Jacobin Plot: a Secret Agent as Revolutionary Martyr
Count István Széchenyi and the "Reform Era": Rise and Fall of the "Greatest Hungarian"
Lajos Kossuth and Sándor Petöfi: Symbols of 1848
Victories, Defeat and Collapse: The Lost War of Independence, 1849
Kossuth the Hero versus "Judas" Görgey: "Good" and "Bad" in Sacrificial Mythology
Who was Captain Gusev? Russian "Freedom Fighters" between Minsk and Budapest
Elisabeth, Andrássy and Bismarck: Austria and Hungary on the Road to Reconciliation
Victory in Defeat: The Compromise and the Consequences of Dualism
Total Blindness: The Hungarian Sense of Mission and the Nationalities
The "Golden Age" of the Millennium: Modernization with Drawbacks
"Magyar Jew or Jewish Magyar?" A Unique Symbiosis
"Will Hungary become German or Magyar?" The Germans' Peculiar Role
From the Great War to the "Dictatorship of Despair": the Red Count and Lenin's Agent
The Admiral on a White Horse: Trianon and the Death Knell of St Stephen's Realm
Adventurers, Counterfeiters, Claimants to the Throne: Hungary as Troublemaker in the Danube Basin
Marching in Step with Hitler: Triumph and Fall. From the Persecution of Jews to Mob Rule
Victory in Defeat: 1945-1990
The Failure of the Democratic Experiment
Viktor Orbán's "Führerdemocracy."
Land Acquisition or Conquest? The Question of Hungarian Identity
From Magyar Mayhem to the Christian Kingdom of the Árpáds
The Struggle for Continuity and Freedom
The Mongol Invasion of 1241 and its Consequences
Hungary's Rise to Great Power Status under Foreign Kings
The Heroic Age of the Hunyadis and the Turkish Danger
The Long Road to the Catastrophe of Mohács
The Disaster of Ottoman Rule
Transylvania: the Stronghold of Hungarian Sovereignty
Gábor Bethlen: Vassal, Patriot and European
Zrinyi or Zrinski? One Hero for Two Nations
The Rebel Leader Thököly: Adventurer or Traitor?
Ferenc Rákóczi's Fight for Freedom from the Habsburgs
Myth and Historiography: an Idol through the Ages
Hungary in the Habsburg Shadow
The Fight against the "Hatted King"
Abbot Martinovics and the Jacobin Plot: a Secret Agent as Revolutionary Martyr
Count István Széchenyi and the "Reform Era": Rise and Fall of the "Greatest Hungarian"
Lajos Kossuth and Sándor Petöfi: Symbols of 1848
Victories, Defeat and Collapse: The Lost War of Independence, 1849
Kossuth the Hero versus "Judas" Görgey: "Good" and "Bad" in Sacrificial Mythology
Who was Captain Gusev? Russian "Freedom Fighters" between Minsk and Budapest
Elisabeth, Andrássy and Bismarck: Austria and Hungary on the Road to Reconciliation
Victory in Defeat: The Compromise and the Consequences of Dualism
Total Blindness: The Hungarian Sense of Mission and the Nationalities
The "Golden Age" of the Millennium: Modernization with Drawbacks
"Magyar Jew or Jewish Magyar?" A Unique Symbiosis
"Will Hungary become German or Magyar?" The Germans' Peculiar Role
From the Great War to the "Dictatorship of Despair": the Red Count and Lenin's Agent
The Admiral on a White Horse: Trianon and the Death Knell of St Stephen's Realm
Adventurers, Counterfeiters, Claimants to the Throne: Hungary as Troublemaker in the Danube Basin
Marching in Step with Hitler: Triumph and Fall. From the Persecution of Jews to Mob Rule
Victory in Defeat: 1945-1990
The Failure of the Democratic Experiment
Viktor Orbán's "Führerdemocracy."
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Print version: Lendvai, Paul, 1929- The Hungarians New edition. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.
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