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Vienna: A Cultural History

Vienna: A Cultural History

Parsons, Nicholas

Paperback

Series: Cityscapes (Hardcover)

Austrian & Hungarian HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0195376072
ISBN13: 9780195376074
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 16 2008
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
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.

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