{"product_id":"the-once-and-future-budapest-hardcover","title":"The Once and Future Budapest - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Nemes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the complex process by which Budapest became a Hungarian city, Robert Nemes offers an open-ended picture of nation-building and urban development. In 1800, the towns of Buda, Pest, and  buda--which would later unite to form Budapest--were dusty, provincial, and largely German-speaking. By century's end, Budapest had become a burgeoning metropolis, a capital, and a manifestly Hungarian city. Few nineteenth-century cities grew as rapidly, and in none was nationalism woven so tightly into the urban fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future Budapest\u003c\/i\u003e explores Hungarian nationalism in daily events and maps its inroads into every corner of urban life. Drawing upon newspapers, memoirs, and other largely untapped sources, Nemes shows how the national idea influenced painting, architecture, literature, and music, as well as dress and the names of streets, shops, and even children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hungarian national movement gave many residents of Budapest their first taste of politics. By focusing on reading clubs, ballrooms, streets, and other urban spaces, Nemes explains how ordinary men and women participated in, made sense of, and helped define modern national movements. The campaign to nationalize Budapest had a dark side as well, for it often involved intolerant language, exclusionary practices, violent street demonstrations, and vandalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe influence of nineteenth-century nationalism endures in Budapest and can be seen in the city's art, architecture, and culture. \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future Budapest\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to all who are interested in this city and its rich, varied past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Nemes is Assistant Professor of History at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 259\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.34 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095175860359,"sku":"9780875803371","price":93.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/adaf68d3e570d97382876a0ad64858e6.webp?v=1732328536","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-once-and-future-budapest-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}