Vera Bácskai and urban history: life, work and impact

This special section pays tribute to Professor Vera Bácskai (1930–2018), an outstanding Hungarian urban historian, one of the founders and former presidents of the European Association for Urban History. Vera Bácskai was an influential personality whose work and personal impact inspired generations...

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Published in:Urban history 2022-08, Vol.49 (3), p.476-483
Main Authors: Szívós, Erika, Szende, Katalin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Archivists
Capital punishment
Careers
Diplomatic & consular services
Education
Historians
History
Institutionalization
Municipal archives
Museums
Personality
Politics
Social history
Urban areas
Urban history
Urbanism
Vera Bácskai and urban history: life, work and impact
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Summary:This special section pays tribute to Professor Vera Bácskai (1930–2018), an outstanding Hungarian urban historian, one of the founders and former presidents of the European Association for Urban History. Vera Bácskai was an influential personality whose work and personal impact inspired generations of younger scholars. She played an instrumental role in the institutionalization of modern social and urban history in her homeland, while she also had a great share in creating the international networks and organizations that define the framework for European urban history to this day. The introductory article reflects on her life, career and impact, and it offers a thematic introduction into the articles of the special section.
ISSN:0963-9268
1469-8706
DOI:10.1017/S0963926821000316