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008 200302s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780367457198
_q(hardback)
020 _z9781003024934
_q(ebook)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
100 1 _aGyáni, Gábor,
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA nation divided by history and memory :
_bHungary in the twentieth century and beyond /
_cGábor Gyáni.
300 _apages cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aRoutledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"During the last few decades there has been a growing recognition of the great role that remembering and collective memory play in forming the historical awareness. In addition, the dominant national form of history writing also met some challenges on the side of a transnational approach to the past. In A Nation Divided by History and Memory a prominent Hungarian historian sheds light on how Hungary's historical image has become split as a consequence of the differences between the historian's conceptualisation of national history and its diverse representations in personal and collective memory. The book focuses on the shocking experiences and the intense memorial reactions generated by a few key historical events and the way of how they have been interpreted by the historical scholarship. The argument of A Nation Divided by History and Memory is placed into the context of an international historical discourse. The pioneering work is essential and enlightening reading for all historians, many sociologists, political scientists, social psychologists and the university students"--
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