A Concise History of Hungary
This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the 1988 elections. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people who became a great power in the region and then fought against—and were invaded by—Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved nevertheless a continuous individuality through their Ural-born language and a specifically Hungaro-European culture.
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A Concise History of Hungary
This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the 1988 elections. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people who became a great power in the region and then fought against—and were invaded by—Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved nevertheless a continuous individuality through their Ural-born language and a specifically Hungaro-European culture.
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A Concise History of Hungary

A Concise History of Hungary

A Concise History of Hungary

A Concise History of Hungary

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This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the 1988 elections. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people who became a great power in the region and then fought against—and were invaded by—Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved nevertheless a continuous individuality through their Ural-born language and a specifically Hungaro-European culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521667364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/30/2001
Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 390
Product dimensions: 5.39(w) x 8.39(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

Chronology; 1. From the beginnings to 1301; 2. Grandeur and decline: from the Anjou kings to the battle of Mohàcs, 1301–1526; 3. A country under three crowns, 1526–1711; 4. Vienna and Hungary: absolutism, reforms, revolution, 1711–1848; 5. Rupture, compromise and dual monarchy, 1849–1919; 6. Between the two wars; 7. Under Soviet domination, 1949–90; 8. 1990, a new departure; Bibliography; Index.
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