Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. FOREWORD ix
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS ON CULTURAL HISTORY xv
7. CHAPTER ONE. Urbanization and Civilization: Vienna and Budapest in the Nineteenth Century 3
8. CHAPTER Two. The Image of the Germans and the Jews in the Hungarian Mirror of the Nineteenth Century 44
9. CHAPTER THREE. The Garden and the Workshop: Reflections on Fin-de-Siecle Culture in Vienna and Budapest 63
10. CHAPTER FOUR. The Alienation of Death in Budapest and Vienna at the Turn of the Century 98
11. CHAPTER FIVE. The Start of Endre Ady's Literary Career (1903-1905) 110
12. CHAPTER SIX. The Cultural Role of the Vienna-Budapest Operetta 135
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Social Marginality and Cultural Creativity in Vienna and Budapest (1890-1914) 147
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Vox Populi: Intercepted Letters in the First World War 179
15. NOTES 213
16. INDEX 241