What Life was Like at Empire's End

What Life was Like at Empire's End
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Publisher : Time Life Medical
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : UOM:49015002950534
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Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis What Life was Like at Empire's End by : Time-Life Books

Examines what life was like for those who lived during the final years of the Austrian and Hungarian empires.

Picturing Austria-Hungary

Picturing Austria-Hungary
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Publisher : East European Monographs
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015063100013
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Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Picturing Austria-Hungary by : Tibor Frank

This book explores a turbulent period in Austria-Hungary's history from a primarily British perspective. The author utilizes resources from the contemporary press and travelogues to emphasize British interest in preserving the Habsburg Empire as a political entity and the balance of power in Europe.

Tropics of Vienna

Tropics of Vienna
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9781785331336
ISBN-13 : 1785331337
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Tropics of Vienna by : Ulrich E. Bach

The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. It nevertheless oversaw a multinational federation where the capital of Vienna was unmistakably linked with its eastern periphery in a quasi-colonial arrangement that inevitably shaped the cultural and intellectual life of the Habsburg Empire. This was particularly evident in the era’s colonial utopian writing, and Tropics of Vienna blends literary criticism, cultural theory, and historical analysis to illuminate this curious genre. By analyzing the works of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Theodor Herzl, Joseph Roth, and other representative Austrian writers, it reveals a shared longing for alternative social and spatial configurations beyond the concept of the “nation-state” prevalent at the time.

Ring of Steel

Ring of Steel
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Publisher : Basic Books
Total Pages : 451
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ISBN-10 : 9780465056873
ISBN-13 : 0465056873
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Ring of Steel by : Alexander Watson

A prize-winning, magisterial history of World War I from the perspective of the defeated Central Powers For the Central Powers, the First World War started with high hopes for an easy victory. But those hopes soon deteriorated as Germany's attack on France failed, Austria-Hungary's armies suffered catastrophic losses, and Britain's ruthless blockade brought both nations to the brink of starvation. The Central powers were trapped in the Allies' ever-tightening Ring of Steel. In this compelling history, Alexander Watson retells the war from the perspective of its losers: not just the leaders in Berlin and Vienna, but the people of Central Europe. The war shattered their societies, destroyed their states, and imparted a poisonous legacy of bitterness and violence. A major reevaluation of the First World War, Ring of Steel is essential for anyone seeking to understand the last century of European history.

A Mad Catastrophe

A Mad Catastrophe
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Publisher : Basic Books
Total Pages : 30
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ISBN-10 : 9780465080816
ISBN-13 : 0465080812
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis A Mad Catastrophe by : Geoffrey Wawro

A masterful account of the Hapsburg Empire's bumbling entrance into World War I, and its rapid collapse on the Eastern Front The Austro-Hungarian army that attacked Russia and Serbia in August 1914 had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging obsolete weapons, the Habsburg troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe. As prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the disorganization of these doomed conscripts perfectly mirrored Austria-Hungary itself. For years, the Empire had been rotting from within, hollowed out by complacency and corruption at the highest levels. When Germany goaded Austria into starting the world war, the Empire's profound political and military weaknesses were exposed. By the end of 1914, the Austro-Hungarian army lay in ruins and the course of the war seemed all but decided. Reconstructing the climax of the Austrian campaign in gripping detail, A Mad Catastrophe is a riveting account of how Austria-Hungary plunged the West into a tragic and unnecessary war.

The Habsburg Empire

The Habsburg Empire
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 363
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ISBN-10 : 9780674969322
ISBN-13 : 0674969324
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Habsburg Empire by : Pieter M. Judson

A EuropeNow Editor’s Pick A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year “Pieter M. Judson’s book informs and stimulates. If his account of Habsburg achievements, especially in the 18th century, is rather starry-eyed, it is a welcome corrective to the black legend usually presented. Lucid, elegant, full of surprising and illuminating details, it can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in modern European history.” —Tim Blanning, Wall Street Journal “This is an engaging reappraisal of the empire whose legacy, a century after its collapse in 1918, still resonates across the nation-states that replaced it in central Europe. Judson rejects conventional depictions of the Habsburg empire as a hopelessly dysfunctional assemblage of squabbling nationalities and stresses its achievements in law, administration, science and the arts.” —Tony Barber, Financial Times “Spectacularly revisionist... Judson argues that...the empire was a force for progress and modernity... This is a bold and refreshing book... Judson does much to destroy the picture of an ossified regime and state.” —A. W. Purdue, Times Higher Education “Judson’s reflections on nations, states and institutions are of broader interest, not least in the current debate on the future of the European Union after Brexit.” —Annabelle Chapman, Prospect

Gender and Modernity in Central Europe

Gender and Modernity in Central Europe
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Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9780776607269
ISBN-13 : 077660726X
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Gender and Modernity in Central Europe by : Agata Schwartz

At the end of the nineteenth century, Austro-Hungarian society was undergoing a significant re-evaluation of gender roles and identities. Debates on these issues revealed deep anxieties within the multi-ethnic empire that did not resolve themselves with its dissolution in 1918. The concepts of gender and modernity were modified by the various regimes that ruled the empire's successor states in the twentieth century and have been redefined again in the post-Communist period, but the Habsburg Monarchy's influence on gender and modernity in Central Europe is still palpable. --

The Undermining of Austria-Hungary

The Undermining of Austria-Hungary
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 506
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ISBN-10 : 9780230286351
ISBN-13 : 0230286356
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Undermining of Austria-Hungary by : M. Cornwall

This is a major new contribution to the historiography of the First World War. It examines the lively battle of ideas which helped to destroy Austria-Hungary. It also assesses, for the first time, the weapon of 'front propaganda' as used by and against the Empire on the Italian and Eastern Fronts. Based on material in eight languages, the work challenges accepted views about Britain's primacy in the field of propaganda, while casting fresh light on the creation of Yugoslavia and the viability of the Habsburg Empire in its last years.

The First World War and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914-1918

The First World War and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914-1918
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Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Wien
Total Pages : 1188
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ISBN-10 : 9783205795889
ISBN-13 : 3205795881
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis The First World War and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914-1918 by : Manfried Rauchensteiner

The origins of World War I were different and varied. But it was Austria-Hungary which unleashed the war. After more than four years the Habsburg Monarchy was defeated and ended as a failed state.