From borderland to Burgenland : science, geopolitics, identity, and the making of a region / Ferenc Jankó ; [translated by Iain Coulthard].

Author/creator Jankó, Ferenc, 1979- author.
Other author Coulthard, Iain J. L., translator.
Format Book
PublicationBudapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleBurgenland földrajzi felfedezése. English
Portion of title Science, geopolitics, identity, and the making of a region
Contents The Romance of the Monarchy -- Discoverers -- Discoverers of Burgenland and German Geopolitics -- Identity and Tourism -- The discovery of Burgenland in the spatial and temporal perspective -- Private Discovery.
Abstract "The area that constitutes the Austrian federal province of Burgenland belonged to the Hungarian part of the Habsburg empire until the end of World War I. This book helps us realize that geographical knowledge does not come ready-made. Instead, it is created by knowledge makers: geographers, historians, statisticians etc. This knowledge-making helped to legitimatize the area transferred between Austria and Hungary, shape the Burgenland identity, and depict its geopolitical role in the rise of national socialism. This book is about how those studying Burgenland, the creators of its geographical knowledge, saw and represented the province. It explores how they grasped the geographical characteristics of the region through their own perspective, influenced by their own professional positions, individual careers, motivations, and by the broader historical and social medium.The way the area between the provinces of Lower Austria and Styria came about as Burgenland is enthralling, as is how the people there experienced this change of sovereignty and how everyday social and economic relationships were transformed. Tracing the geographical discourses in the interwar period and beyond, the book argues that Burgenland became a successful geographical project, and departs from thoughts of subdivision, unviability, and backwardness, concentrating instead on fertility, unity, and modernization"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteOriginal title: Burgenland földrajzi felfedezése : tudomány, geopolitika és identitás a két világháború között.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Translation ofTranslation of: Jankó, Ferenc, 1979- Burgenland földrajzi felfedezése Budapest : Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont, Történettudományi Intézet, 2021 9789634162810
Issued in other formOnline version: Jankó, Ferenc, 1979- From borderland to Burgenland Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2024 9789633866504
LCCN 2024017932
ISBN9789633866498
ISBN9633866499 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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