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Vienna

Vienna

A Cultural History

by Nicholas Parsons
Paperback
Publication Date: 16/12/2008

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From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Hapsburgs, Vienna's fortunes swung between survival and expansion. By the late nineteenth century it had become the western capital of the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, but the twentieth century saw it degraded to a 'hydrocephalus' cut off from its former economic hinterland. After the inglorious Nazi interlude, Vienna began the long climb back to the prosperous and cultivated city of 1.7 million inhabitants that it is today. Subjected to constant infusions of new, Vienna has both assimilated and resisted cultural influences from outside, creating its own sui generis culture.
ISBN:
9780195376074
9780195376074
Category:
European history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
16-12-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
206x137x23mm
Weight:
0.34kg

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