An Obscure Object of Desire
An Obscure Object of Desire

The Myth of Alba Iulia and its Social Functions, 1918–1940

Author(s): Gábor Egry
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Alba Iulia;Myth
Summary/Abstract: To see a huge crowd gathered to declare the independence of a nation and/or establishment of a new state was not uncommon in Eastern Europe in the fall of 1918. Revolutions swept the region and profoundly changed the political map. Alba Iulia, a small city in Transylvania, was one such place.

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