Austria category: 467 books

A számos publikálatlan szöveget, ritkán látható fényképet is tartalmazó, izgalmas kötet rabbik, írók, tudósok többnyire levéltárakban lappangó, önéletrajzi jellegű írásai alapján keresi a választ a kérdésre: milyen volt zsidónak lenni 1790 és 1918 között, a "hosszú 19. század" Magyarországán.

A magyar művelődéstörténet egyik nagyszabású vállalkozása volt az erdélyi Szilágyi Sándor hatalmas monográfiája szülőföldjéről, mely 1866-ban jelent meg. Szilágyi műve az első autentikus...

Az 1938. november 2-án, a bécsi Belvedere palotában kihirdetett első bécsi döntéssel Magyarország 11 927 négyzetkilométernyi területet, Szlovákia és Kárpátalja déli, főleg magyarok lakta határsávját kapta vissza Csehszlovákiától. A visszacsatolást követő ellentmondásokkal...

Köztudott, hogy a pártállami diktatúra idején minden jobboldali gondolat eredendően üldözendőnek számított. De vajon hogyan élték túl a hagyományos politikai felosztás szerint jobboldalinak tekintett személyek és mozgalmak a Rákosi-, majd a Kádár-rendszer üldöztetéseit? Kik...

The history of Cyprus, also read about Cyprus economy, Cyprus government and politics, Cyprus culture, Cyprus tourism and moreThe republic of Cyprus was established in 1960, after the former colony gained independence from Britain. Since 1974, however, a de facto division of the island has existed,...

History and early history of Hungary book, also covers Hungary politics, Hungary government, Hungary culture, Hungary travel guide, Hungary economy.The Hungarian nation traces its history to the Magyars, a pagan Finno-Ugric tribe that arose in central Russia and spoke a language that evolved into...

History of Finland Also include, Finland Culture, Finland government and politics, Finland art and culture, Finland tourism and investment. Present-day Finland became habitable in about 8,000 B.C., following the northward retreat of the glaciers, and at about that time Neolithic peoples migrated into...

History of Romania book includes Romania Population, Romania Ethnic Structure, Romania Social Conditions, Romania Economy, Romania Government, Romania culture, Romania travel.Man first appeared in the lands that now constitute Romania during the Pleistocene Epoch, a period of advancing and receding...

Poland early history, and present, Polish economy, Polish government, Polish travel guide, Polish religious strength, art and cultureIn the first centuries of its existence, the Polish nation was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christendom, created a strong Central European...

This excerpt from Le Grand d'Aussy's classic work on the history of French private life explores the history of beer, cider and spirits in France from the Gauls to Le Grand's own time (the late eighteenth century). The history of beer since the Egyptians to its slow growth to popularity...

The Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine -- The Austro-Hungarian Navy -- was in at the beginning of World War I when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie lay in state aboard its flagship, and at the end when it dissolved along with the empire that commanded it. During the war, this small...

En ce temps de snobisme cosmopolite où chacun s’efforce de faire valoir ce qu’il possède ou ce qu’il croit posséder comme les joailliers font valoir sur le velours des vitrines, leurs pierreries, vraies ou fausses — la rencontre d’une âme vraiment droite est une surprise délicieuse....

Spurred by ideals of individual liberty that took hold in the Western world in the late nineteenth century, psychiatrists and public officials sought to reinvent asylums as large-scale, totally designed institutions that offered a level of freedom and normality impossible in the outside world. This...

At the turn of the century, Sigmund Freud’s investigation of the mind represented a particular journey into mental illness, but it was not the only exploration of this ‘territory’ in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Sanatoriums were the new tourism destinations, psychiatrists were collecting art...