The Hungarians : a thousand years of victory in defeat /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2021]
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| Edition: | New edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "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." |
| Physical Description: | viii, 549 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691200279 0691200270 |