Parameters
Categories
More about the book
John Lukacs, distinguished historian and native of Budapest, here offers a rich and eloquent depiction of one of Europe's great cities at its height. He provides a cultural and historical portrait of Budapest - its sights, sounds, and inhabitants; the artistic community; its class dynamics and politics; the essential role played by its Jewish population - and a historical perspective that describes the ascendance of the city and its decline into the maelstrom of the twentieth century. -- Publisher's description.
Book purchase
Budapest 1900. A Historical Portrait Of A City And Its Culture, John Lukacs
- Language
- Released
- 1988
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
We’ll notify you via email once we track it down.
Payment methods
- Title
- Budapest 1900. A Historical Portrait Of A City And Its Culture
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Lukacs
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0802132502
- ISBN13
- 9780802132505
- Category
- World history, Geography / Topography
- First published
- 1988
- Original title
- Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
- Description
- John Lukacs, distinguished historian and native of Budapest, here offers a rich and eloquent depiction of one of Europe's great cities at its height. He provides a cultural and historical portrait of Budapest - its sights, sounds, and inhabitants; the artistic community; its class dynamics and politics; the essential role played by its Jewish population - and a historical perspective that describes the ascendance of the city and its decline into the maelstrom of the twentieth century. -- Publisher's description.