The Habsburg Monarchy c.1765-1918 - From Enlightenment to Eclipse

The multi-national Habsburg empire has never lost its fascination since its fall in 1918. Robin Okey''s book shows how the Habsburg peoples experienced the same social, economic and political processes as most other Europeans, in ways that cast interesting light on these processes from both the European and the Habsburg angle. Opposing views that the national problem was therefore subordinate to underlying socio-economic backwardness, Okey argues for the inextricable entanglement of the two themes, as nationalism emerged from a process of social mobilisation which threatened the position of dominant Austro-Germans and Magyars. Robin Okey brings a distinctive approach to an intriguing subject, in a comprehensive study based on wide reading in most of the Monarchy''s languages.>

Table des matières

Foreword
PART I: DYNASTIC EMPIRE, c. 1765-1867
Foundations
Joseph II and his Legacy
Metternich's Austria: Pyrrhic Victory Abroad. Social Question at Home
Liberalism and Nationalism, 1848-49
Eventful Transition, 1849-67
PART II: DUAL MONARCHY, 1867-1918
Liberalism
Economics
Society and Social Movements
Nationalism
Hungary
Austria-Hungary in the Early Twentieth Century
Towards War and Collapse
Notes
Annotated Bibliography
Index.

A propos de l'auteur

ROBIN OKEY is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick, UK.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robin Okey, Robin (Senior Lecturer in History Okey
• Edition: Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 16.11.2000
• EAN: 9780333396544
• ISBN: 978-0-333-39654-4
• Pages: 456
• Thèmes: European Studies; European Studies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; B, History, Asian History, Asia—History