Bob Dent
Autor von Budapest: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)
Über den Autor
Bob Dent is a British independent researcher and writer. He has lived in Budapest since 1986. He is the author of several books including Budapest 1956 - Locations of Drama (2006), Budapest: A Cultural and Literary History (2007) and Hungary 1930 and the Forgotten History of a Mass Protest (2012).
Werke von Bob Dent
Painting the Town Red: Politics and the Arts During the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic (2018) 3 Exemplare
Lessons of the general strike 1926 1 Exemplar
Hungary (Blue Guide 1 Exemplar
LSE a question of degree 1 Exemplar
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It has chapters on its Baths, its Food, its Music (classical and folk), its Cafés, but also on its Topography, Heroes, and overall Identity.
Although Dent has to remain on somewhat a superficial level on his account of the History of the city, he has a good grasp of the myth-making ability of the Magyars regarding their past. His discussion on how the Jews were treated somewhat differently, at first, during Nazi times, I found particularly fascinating. The Jewish population had assimilated to a much greater degree than in other central European countries because the Magyar minority needed a weightier representation versus the other, more oppressed, minorities such as the Romanians, Croatians etc…. The migrant Jews, with their abilities to organize urban centers, and who became very nationalistic, were a very welcome community for the more agrarian Hungarians. After the frontiers were redrawn with the Trianon Treaty in 1920, their presence became more suspect and nastiness followed.
I have also discovered more writers that I should explore, such as Magda Denes (I plan to read [b:Castles Burning: A Child's Life in War|514939|Castles Burning A Child's Life in War|Magda Denes|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175446982s/514939.jpg|502902]), Tibor Déry etc. I also enjoyed hearing more on its classical music scene, with not only Béla Bartok but also Zoltán Kodály ([b:Bela Bartok and Turn-Of-The-Century Budapest|1810241|Bela Bartok and Turn-Of-The-Century Budapest|Judit Frigyesi|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188657732s/1810241.jpg|1480294] is another book for my TR list).
Anyway, this was exciting reading, and I have now an exciting trip ahead of me.
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