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1 online resource (370 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Mobilizing the Nation: From War Propaganda to Peacetime Cultural Diplomacy and Beyond; From the Emergence of Wartime Propaganda to the Changing Nature of International Relations; Hungarian Dreamland and Its Destruction, 1918-1920; Hungary, 1920-1927: From Turmoil to Consolidation; 1927: Opening a New Phase; Stages of Traditional and Cultural Diplomacy, 1927-1941; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Defining the Nation; National Identity before the Nation-State? |
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Post-World War I Crisis of CultureHungarian Nemzetkarakterológia; Main Themes and Topoi; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Educating International Public Opinion: CulturalInstitutions and Scholarly Publications; Institutions; The Hungarian Reference Library; Academic Publishing and Lectures; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Showcasing the Nation: The Role of Tourism; The Hungarian Tourist Industry and the Image of Hungary before Trianon; "A Country without Mountains or Sea": The Reorganization of the Hungarian Tourist Industry after World War I; Tourism Propaganda and the Constant Problem of Image |
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Competing Mental and Physical Landscapes of Hungary's Tourist Image1938: Hopes, Disappointments, and Change; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Becoming Audible and Visible: Radio Broadcasting and Cinematic Production in the Service of Cultural Diplomacy; Radio Broadcasting: Providing Voice for a Nation; Radio: Cultural Diplomacy's Sharpest Weapon; Domestic Challenges: The Hungarianness of Hungarian Radio; Challenges to the Radio's Foreign Policy: From "the Battle of Radio Armaments" to War; The Birth, Destruction, and Rebirth of the Hungarian Movie Industry, 1896-1929 |
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Celluloid Résumés: The Role of Kulturfilme and NewsreelsConclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Gallery ; Back cover |
| Summary |
The monograph examines the development of interwar Hungarian cultural diplomacy in three areas: academia, the tourist industry, and motion picture and radio production. It is a story of how Hungarian elites perceived-and misperceived-themselves, their surroundings, and their own ability to affect the country's fate amid high hopes and deepseated anxieties about the country's place in a Europe newly reconstructed after World War I. Though the study is rooted in Hungary, it explores the dynamic and contingent relationship between identity construction and transnational cultural and political cu |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Nationalism -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century
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Cultural diplomacy -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century
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Cultural diplomacy
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Cultural policy
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Diplomatic relations
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Nationalism
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Politics and government
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Hungary -- Cultural policy
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Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063080
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Hungary -- Foreign relations -- 1918-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063044
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Hungary
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789633861950 |
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9633861950 |
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