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Description

1. xi, 315 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

1. This clear and compelling account of the Habsburg Monarchy in its last century explains why, a century after its disappearance, it has never been more relevant. WIth extensive discussion of recent historiographic controversies about the Monarchy's character and viability, Steven Beller presents a detailed account of the main strands of the Monarchy's political history and how its economic, social and cultural development interacted with this main narrative. While recognising the importance of these larger trends, readers will learn how the historical accident of personality and the complexities of high politics and diplomacy still had a central impact on the Monarchy's fate. Although some would see the Monarchy as an atavistic irrelevance in the modern age, its multicultural, multinational experience and inclusive 'logic' were in many ways more relevant to our modernity than the nationalism that did so much to bring about its demise.

Series statement

1. New approaches to European history

Uniform title

1. New approaches to European history.

Subject

1. Habsburg, House of
2. Habsburger, Dynastie : 1200-
3. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rüstungsautonomie und Äussere Sicherheit
4. 1789-1918
5. Austria > History > 1789-1900
6. Austria > History > 1867-1918
7. Austria
8. Österreich-Ungarn

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction : Austria and modernity -- 1815-1835 : restoration and procrastination -- 1835-1851 : revolution and reaction -- 1852-1867 : transformation -- 1867-1879 : liberalisation -- 1879-1897 : nationalisation -- 1897-1914 : modernisation -- 1914-1918 : self-destruction -- Conclusion : Central Europe and the paths not taken.

Call number

1. JFE 21-416

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index.

Author

1. Beller, Steven, 1958- author.

Title

1. The Habsburg Monarchy, 1815-1918 / Steven Beller, independent scholar.

Publisher

1. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New approaches to European history
2. New approaches to European history.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1789-1918

LCCN

1. 2017055415

Other standard identifier

1. 40028300791

ISBN

1. 9781107091894 hardcover
2. 1107091896 hardcover
3. 9781107464742 paperback
4. 1107464749 paperback

Research call number

1. JFE 21-416