The invisible shining : the cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 / Balázs Apor.
The invisible shining : the cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 / Balázs Apor.
The invisible shining : the cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 / Balázs Apor.
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Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2017.
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G 2018/0651
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 388 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: The Stalinist leader cult : origins, interpretations, and functions -- Part I. The construction of the cult -- The chronology of cult construction (1925-1953) -- The institutions and agents of cult construction -- "The biography is a very serious issue" : the role of biographies in con...
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Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
This book offers a detailed analysis of the construction, reception and eventual decline of the cult of the Hungarian Communist Party Secretary, Mátyás Rákosi, one of the most striking examples of orchestrated adulation in the Soviet bloc. While his cult never approached the magnitude of that of Stalin, Rákosi?s ambition to outshine the other ?...
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The invisible shining : the cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 / Balázs Apor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0651
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74VKVGBABplM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGBABplM
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9633861926 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9789633861929 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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943.9052092
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991024156163602626
