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Austria, 1867-1955 /

"This book connects the political history of German-speaking provinces of the Habsburg Empire before 1914 (Vienna and the Alpine Lands) with the history of the Austrian Republic that emerged in 1918. It presents the case of modern Austria as a fascinating example of democratic nation-building....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyer, John W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford history of modern Europe.
Subjects:
Austria > History > 1867-1918.
Austria > History > 1918-1938.
Austria > History > 1938-1945.
Austria > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1955.
Austria > Politics and government > 1867-1918.
Austria > Politics and government > 1918-1938.
Austria > Politics and government > 1938-1945.
Autriche > Histoire > 1867-1918.
Autriche > Histoire > 1918-1938.
Autriche > Histoire > 1938-1945.
Autriche > Histoire > 1945-1955 (Occupation alliée)
Autriche > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-1918.
Autriche > Politique et gouvernement > 1918-1938.
Autriche > Politique et gouvernement > 1938-1945.
Politics and government
Austria
European history.
History.
1867-1955
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Austria, 1867-1955
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The Terms of Austrian History
  • The Lineaments of the State
  • Writing Austrian History
  • The Dynasty and the Court
  • 1. The Settlement of 1867 and the Creation of a Liberal Constitutional Order
  • The Revolution of 1848 and the Aftermath
  • Neo-absolutism
  • The Limits of Centralistic Rule, 1860-1866
  • The War of 1866 and the Ausgleich with Hungary
  • The December Laws: The Ethos and Structure of the Austrian Constitution
  • 2. Liberalism Ascendant: State Politics and Administration in the Austrian Lands, 1867-1879
  • The Liberal Era and the Bürgerministerium
  • Creating a New Rechtsstaat
  • Defense and Finance
  • Education, Church, and State
  • The War of 1870-1871 and the Potocki/Hohenwart Interlude
  • 1873 and Liberalism's Second Chance
  • Bosnia and Berlin
  • 3. The Era of the Iron Ring: State Consolidation and the Emergence of Civic Radicalism, 1879-1895
  • The Breakthrough of the 1880s
  • Eduard Taaffe and the Iron Ring, 1879-1890
  • Ethnic and Linguistic Nationalism and the Enlargement of Regional Power in the Crownlands
  • The Czechs
  • The Germans
  • Mittelstand Radicalism and the Emergence of Austrian Political Catholicism
  • Social Radicalism and the Founding of Austrian Social Democracy
  • The Death of a Liberal Mirage: Taaffe and Mayerling
  • The Last Years of the Iron Ring
  • From Taaffe to Badeni: The Ill-fated Coalition of 1893-1895
  • Taaffe and the Vagaries of Nationalism
  • 4. Two Decades of Constitutional Upheaval, 1895-1914
  • The Badeni Crisis and the Hyper-Politics of Language, 1896-1897
  • The Language Ordinances of April 1897
  • Intermezzo after Badeni
  • The Koerber Era, 1900 to 1905
  • The Apogee of Mass Politics in Vienna after 1897
  • Max Vladimir von Beck and the Constitutional Reforms of 1906-1908
  • The Last, Daring Act: The Bienerth and Stürgkh Regimes, 1909-1914
  • The Monarchy in 1914
  • 5. Late Imperial Society and Culture: The Crucible of Vienna
  • Vienna in the Empire
  • Worlds of Wealth, Prestige, and Mobility: The Aristocracy
  • Worlds of Toleration, Aspiration, and Assimilation: The Jewish Community
  • New Micro-Communities in Search of Full Citizenship Rights: The Fin-de-siècle Women's Movements
  • New Forms of Communication and Social Understandings: The World of Information and Political Advocacy
  • The Public World of Science and Learning
  • Stresses on the Systems of Equity and Access in Higher Education
  • Academic Freedom and Mass Politics
  • 6. The Monarchy in the First World War
  • The Decision for War
  • Austrian Military Strategy between 1914 and 1917
  • Wartime Absolutism and War Government
  • The Octroi and Austrian Politics, 1915-1916
  • The War and Austrian Society, 1914-1917