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Commentary: Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City & Its Culture by John Lukacs
Commentary: Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City & Its Culture by John Lukacs

The word nation (at this time in Hungary) did not mean simply a geographical collective of one people. Nation meant the nobility and their ability to control the political landscape of Hungary.⁣ ⁣To be Magyar was not to belong to the people; to be Magyar was to belong to the ruling class.

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Commentary, For ReadersChava PossumHungary, Budapest, 1900, Eastern Europe, John Lukacs, Hungarian writing, Hungarian history, Eastern European history, Eastern European Writing, History, nonfiction, nationalism, nationhood, assimilation