Tracing the complex process by which Budapest became a Hungarian
city, Robert Nemes offers an open-ended picture of nation-building
and urban development. In 1800, the towns of Buda, Pest, and
Obuda-which would later unite to form Budapest-were dusty,
provincial, and largely German-speaking. By century's end, Budapest
had become a burgeoning metropolis, a capital, and a manifestly
Hungarian city. Few nineteenth-century cities grew as rapidly, and
in none was nationalism woven so tightly into the urban fabric. The
Once and Future Budapest explores Hungarian nationalism in daily
events and maps its inroads into every corner of urban life.
Drawing upon newspapers, memoirs, and other largely untapped
sources, Nemes shows how the national idea influenced painting,
architecture, literature, and music, as well as dress and the names
of streets, shops, and even children. The Hungarian national
movement gave many residents of Budapest their first taste of
politics. By focusing on reading clubs, ballrooms, streets, and
other urban spaces, Nemes explains how ordinary men and women
participated in, made sense of, and helped define modern national
movements. The campaign to nationalize Budapest had a dark side as
well, for it often involved intolerant language, exclusionary
practices, violent street demonstrations, and vandalism. The
influence of nineteenth-century nationalism endures in Budapest and
can be seen in the city's art, architecture, and culture. The Once
and Future Budapest will appeal to all who are interested in this
city and its rich, varied past.
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