The Elite of Cluj and its images in the Nineteenth Century British Travel Accounts
The Elite of Cluj and its images in the Nineteenth Century British Travel Accounts

Summary/Abstract: The study analyses the perceptions of the urban society in Cluj reflected in the 19th century British travel accounts. The research follows such coordinates as the relation between the social expectations and the encountered realities by the British travellers and between the proper or improper pre-built images. Other coordinates of this study are the ratio between the pre-existing mental structures and the discovered realities, the shaping of stereotypes and the ideological influences in this respect. The structure of this study is based on issues approached by the British accounts in the second half of the 19th century. The analysis includes topics like: the local elite, the status of women, education, local personalities and the role of the clergymen.

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