Historical Dictionary Of Vienna

Author : Peter Csendes
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0810835622

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Historical Dictionary of Vienna by Peter Csendes Pdf

Vienna can boast of a great deal of culture and history despite its relatively small size. Indeed, the city has a long and rich history. From the medieval feudal town to the twentieth-century bastion of music, theater, and culture, Vienna has weathered changes for the good and the ill. Vienna's rich history has not gone unnoticed by scholars, both Austrians and others. Peter Csendes's Historical Dictionary of Vienna is an important contribution to the literature on Vienna. Csendes provides a unique resource for students or visitors of Vienna. Special articles explain the way of living, the historical development of the political situation, legal system, urban functions, economic structures, cultural institutions, and events. The Dictionary provides a visitor with a perspective wholly different from that of the usual guide book. For the scholar, it describes Vienna as a manifesto for urban development, with all the changes, and their consequences. Of interest to scholars and travelers, the Dictionary is a true vade mecum of Vienna's past, present, and future, with entries focusing on everything from politics, economics, society, and culture to people, places and events. A detailed bibliography follows the work, as do several appendixes of important people and statistical tables.

Author : Paula Sutter Fichtner
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810863101

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Historical Dictionary of Austria by Paula Sutter Fichtner Pdf

Austrians today often seem to believe that they have two histories. One is their republican present; the other, the centuries that their forebears spent as part of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. Contemporary Austria is a fixture among Europe's democracies. Yet, it did not achieve this state easily: World War I, the unification with Germany in 1938, and World War II were catastrophes for Austria. In 1995, it became part of the European Union, and its government, culture, and egalitarian economy are far cries from the monarchical and highly stratified society of the old Empire. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Austria has been thoroughly updated and greatly expanded. Through its chronology, introductory essay, appendix, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries, greater attention has been given to foreign affairs, economic institutions and policies, social issues, religion, and politics.

Author : Steven Béla Várdy
Publisher : Historical Dictionaries of Europe
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022369834

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Historical Dictionary of Hungary by Steven Béla Várdy Pdf

Examines the key events, people, and places crucial to the history of Hungary.

Author : Stephen Eric Bronner,F. Peter Wagner
Publisher : Humanities Press International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1573925748

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Vienna by Stephen Eric Bronner,F. Peter Wagner Pdf

Vienna, 1889-1914, the jewel in the crown of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a major cultural capital at the high period of European modernism. In this collection the contradictions of Vienna are explored in sixteen especially written articles which strike a unique balance between popular and lesser-known topics reflecting the mix of Vienna itself. Its great figures like Sigmund Freud, Robert Musil, and Arnold Schoenberg emerge within the context in which their innovations took shape. Its cabarets, feuilletons, philosophical trends, political factions, pedagogic experiments, and sexual mores are all treated in the pages of this interdisciplinary work.

Author : Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj,Carole Rogel
Publisher : European Historical Dictionari
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015036084393

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Historical Dictionary of Slovenia by Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj,Carole Rogel Pdf

A valuable reference work for students, scholars, researchers, and those interested in the economy, politics, and culture of Slovenia.

Author : Edward Shorter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0198039239

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A Historical Dictionary of Psychiatry by Edward Shorter Pdf

This is the first historical dictionary of psychiatry. It covers the subject from autism to Vienna, and includes the key concepts, individuals, places, and institutions that have shaped the evolution of psychiatry and the neurosciences. An introduction puts broad trends and international differences in context, and there is an extensive bibliography for further reading. Each entry gives the main dates, themes, and personalities involved in the unfolding of the topic. Longer entries describe the evolution of such subjects as depression, schizophrenia, and psychotherapy. The book gives ready reference to when things happened in psychiatry, how and where they happened, and who made the main contributions. In addition, it touches on such social themes as "women in psychiatry," "criminality and psychiatry," and "homosexuality and psychiatry." A comprehensive index makes immediately accessible subjects that do not appear in the alphabetical listing. Among those who will appreciate this dictionary are clinicians curious about the origins of concepts they use in their daily practices, such as "paranoia," "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors" (SSRIs), or "tardive dyskinesia"; basic scientists who want ready reference to the development of such concepts as "neurotransmitters," "synapse," or "neuroimaging"; students of medical history keen to situate the psychiatric narrative within larger events, and the general public curious about illnesses that might affect them, their families and their communities-or readers who merely want to know about the grand chain of events from the asylum to Freud to Prozac. Bringing together information from the English, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian languages, the Dictionary rests on an enormous base of primary sources that cover the growth of psychiatry through all of Western society.

Author : Rick Fawn,Jiří Hochman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810856486

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Historical Dictionary of the Czech State by Rick Fawn,Jiří Hochman Pdf

Czechoslovakia has been at the center of some of the most difficult--and tragic--episodes of modern European history: its sacrifice to Nazi Germany at Munich; the Communist Coup of 1948; and the military crushing of the Prague Spring. It has also enacted momentous change almost magically, as in the peaceful overthrow of communism in 1989, and then the negotiated end to the country in 1992. Czechoslovak history has consequently produced enduring political metaphors for our times, such as the Velvet Revolution and Velvet Divorce. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Czech State has been thoroughly updated and greatly expanded. Featuring a chronology, introductory essay, appendix, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries, this detailed, authoritative reference provides understandings of the Czechs as a people; the territory they inhabit; their social, cultural, political, and economic developments throughout history; and interactions with their neighbors and the wider world.

Author : Bojka Djukanovic
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538139158

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Historical Dictionary of Montenegro by Bojka Djukanovic Pdf

Historical Dictionary of Montenegro covers a period of some fifteen centuries during which the name of the country changed from Doclea, through Zeta to Montenegro, and its political status evolved from a loose community of tribes to a principality, a kingdom, a district, a banate, and a constitutive republic, from disappearing from the political map of the world in the first half of the twentieth century to a state with full independence at the start of the twenty-first century. This book features a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Montenegro.

Author : George Crabb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:319510016735175

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Universal Historical Dictionary by George Crabb Pdf

Author : Allison Lee Palmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781538133590

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Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture by Allison Lee Palmer Pdf

Neoclassicism refers to the revival of classical art and architecture beginning in Europe in the 1750s until around 1830, with late neoclassicism lingering through the 1870s. It is a highly complex movement that brought together seemingly disparate issues into a new and culturally rich era, one that was unified under a broad interest in classical antiquity. The movement was born in Italy and France and spread across Europe to Russia and the United States. It was motivated by a desire to use ideas from antiquity to help address modern social, economic, and political issues in Europe, and neoclassicism came to be viewed as a style and philosophy that offered a sense of purpose and dignity to art, following the new “enlightened” thinking. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries cover late Baroque and Rococo tendencies found in the early 18th century, and span the century to include artists who moved from neoclassicism to early romanticism. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about neoclassical art and architecture.

Author : Mark Gilbert,K. Robert Nilsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124070199

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Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy by Mark Gilbert,K. Robert Nilsson Pdf

Italy is a country that exercises a hold on the imagination of people all over the world. Its long history has left an inexhaustible treasure chest of cultural achievement. The historic cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice are among the most sought-after destinations in the world for tourists and art lovers, and Italy's natural beauty and cuisine are rightly renowned. Italy's history and politics are also a source of endless fascination. Modern Italy has consistently been a political laboratory for the rest of Europe. In the 19th century, Italian patriotism was of crucial importance in the struggle against the absolute governments reintroduced after the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15. After the fall of Fascism during World War II, Italy became a model of rapid economic development, though its politics has never been less than contentious and its democracy has remained a troubled one. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy is an attempt to introduce the key personalities, events, social developments, and cultural achievements of Italy since the beginning of the 19th century, when Italy first began to emerge as something more than a geographical entity and national feeling began to grow. This is done through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a map, a bibliography, and some 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent individuals, basic institutions, crucial events, history, politics, economics, society, and culture.

Author : Richard A. Lobban
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810865785

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Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia by Richard A. Lobban Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia covers the period from the Paleolithic, all the periods of ancient Nubia (Predynastic, Kerma, Dynasty XXV, Napatan, Meroitic, Post-Meroitic) and to the end of medieval Christianity in Nubia (Sudan). This resource focuses on Nubian history through a Nubian perspective, rather than on the more common Egypto-centrism perspective, and the coverage is based on the latest and best archaeological and epigraphic evidence. Newly created maps of the general area and its specific regions and place names and a photospread showing important related features of the region are included. A detailed chronology provides a timeline of historical events, and an introductory narrative shapes the overall history and leads to the main body of the work in the form of a cross-referenced dictionary. The descriptive entries cover the main features of the region in the various periods that are key not only to Nubian events, but also to the important interactions they had with Egypt to the north. Nine appendices and an extensive bibliography conclude this work. Lobban has been teaching Nubian studies in undergraduate classrooms for thirty years, and this book is a product of his hands-on experiences as well as extensive anthropological fieldwork and travel in Sudanese and Egyptian Nubia.

Author : Robert C. Reimer,Carol J. Reimer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538119402

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Historical Dictionary of German Cinema by Robert C. Reimer,Carol J. Reimer Pdf

The History of German film is diverse and multi-faceted. This volume can only suggest the richness of a film tradition that includes five distinct German governments [Wilhelmine Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), s well as a reunited Germany], two national industries (Germany and Austria), and a myriad of styles and production methods. Paradoxically, the political disruptions that have produced these distinct film eras, as well as and the natural inclination of artists to rebel and create new styles, allow for construction of a narrative of German film. Disjuncture generates distinct points of separation, and yet also highlights continuities between the ruptures. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of German Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on directors, actors, films, cinematographers, composers, producers, and major historical events that greatly affected the direction and development of German cinema. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about German cinema.

Author : Robert Elsie
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810874831

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Historical Dictionary of Kosovo by Robert Elsie Pdf

As the seventh and probably last state to arise from the ruins of the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo is the newest country in Europe. For centuries, Kosovo, also known as Kosova, was part of the Ottoman Empire, and for most of the 20th century, it was a province of what was once Yugoslavia. After the military conflict in 1998-1999 and a period of administration by the United Nations, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008. Focusing not only on Kosovo's turbulent recent years, the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Kosovo also relates the country's rich culture and long history. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Kosovo.

Author : Rouben Paul Adalian
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0810874504

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Historical Dictionary of Armenia by Rouben Paul Adalian Pdf

The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Armenia relates the turbulent past of this persistent country through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Armenian history from the earliest times to the present.