Karl Renner: Austria

Informationen zum Autor Jamie Bulloch has translated over fifty titles from German, including works by Arno Geiger, Robert Menasse, Birgit Vanderbeke, Daniela Krien and Sebastian Fitzek. He has twice won the Schlegel-Tieck prize and is also the author of Karl Renner: Austria . Jamie lives in London with his wife and three daughters. Klappentext Austria, emerging from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, faced war reparations and guilt in Paris. Zusammenfassung Austria is often overlooked as one of the successor states to the Habsburg Empire. The Socialist politician Karl Renner (1870 1950) was prime minister of the government that took power in Vienna after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The author gives an account of Karl Renner's adroit handling of a difficult situation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface: 'A Man for All Seasons' I. The Life and the Land 1. The Multinational Empire 2. National Conflict 3. Twilight of the Empire II. The Paris Peace Conference 4. Prelude to the Treaty 5. The Treaty of St Germain III. The Legacy 6. The State that No-one Wanted 7. Political Schism 8. Democracy Eclipsed 9. The Rebirth of Austria Conclusion Notes Chronology Further Reading Picture Sources Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Bulloch, Bulloch Jamie, Jamie Bulloch
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2009
• EAN: 9781905791897
• ISBN: 978-1-905791-89-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Makers of the Modern World; Makers of the Modern World: Th; Makers of the Modern World; Makers of the Modern World: Th
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; austria, European History, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999