Vienna: A Cultural History

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.


Author: Nicholas Parsons
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/16/2008
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780195376074

About the Author

Nicholas Parsons is the author of Blue Guides to Vienna and Austria, and 'Worth the Detour': A History of the Guidebook.

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