Staging the Past: The Politics of Commemoration in Habsburg Central Europe, 1848 to the Present (Central European Studies)

by Maria Bucur and Nancy Meriwether Wingfield

Book Overview

This volume contains three sections of essays which examine the role of commemoration and public celebrations in the creation of a national identity in Habsburg lands. It also seeks to engage historians of culture and of nationalism in other geographic fields as well as colleagues who work on Habsburg Central Europe, but write about nationalism from different vantage points. There is hope that this work will help generate a dialogue, especially with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557531617
• ISBN13: 9781557531612
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.1"