Vienna

A Cultural History

by: Nicholas Parsons

Vienna
Author: Nicholas Parsons

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

Series: Cityscapes (Paperback)

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 16 December 2008

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ISBN: 0195376072 ISBN 13: 9780195376074

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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. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc

City: New York

Pages: 279

More info: height 206 mm width 137 mm weight 340 gr thickness 23 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC21) 943.613 Library of Congress Subject: History

Record updated at: 11 May, 2013 time: 00:34


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