The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918

The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918
Author: Steven Beller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2018-05-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107091896

Introduction: Austria and modernity -- 1815-1835: restoration and procrastination -- 1835-1851: revolution and reaction -- 1852-1867: transformation -- 1867-1879: liberalization -- 1879-1897: nationalization -- 1897-1914: modernization -- 1914-1918: self-destruction -- Conclusion: Central Europe and the paths not taken

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815
Author: Charles W. Ingrao
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000-06-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521785051

This is a revised and updated edition of a highly acclaimed history of the early modern Habsburg monarchy. Charles W. Ingrao challenges the conventional notion of Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward by tracing its emergence as a military and cultural power of enormous influence. The Habsburg monarchy was undeniably different from other European polities: geography and linguistic diversity made this inevitable, but by 1789 it had laid the groundwork for a single polity capable of transcending its uniquely diverse cultural and historic heritage. Charles W. Ingrao unravels the web of social, political, economic and cultural factors that shaped the Habsburg monarchy during the period, and presents this complex story in a manner that is both authoritative and accessible to non-specialists. This edition includes a revised text and bibliographies, new genealogical tables, and an epilogue which looks forward to the impact of the Habsburg monarchy on twentieth-century events.

The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918

The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918
Author: Alan Sked
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2015-12-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317880048

A new and revised edition of Alan Sked’s groundbreaking book which examines how the Habsburg Empire survived the revolutionary turmoil of 1848. ‘The Year of Revolutions', saw the whole of Europe convulsed in turmoil and revolt. Yet the Habsburg Empire survived. As state after state succumbed to the violent winds of change that were sweeping the continent. How did the Habsburg Empire survive? How was the army able hold together while the rest of the empire collapsed in civil war, and how was it able to seize the political initiative In this new edition, Alan Sked reflects on the changed understanding of the period which resulted from the first appearance of this book, and widens the discussion to look at the Habsburg Empire alongside the decline of the Russian and German Empires, arguing that it is possible to understand their decline from a broad European perspective, as opposed to the overly narrow focus of recent explanations. Alan Sked makes us look at familiar events with new eyes in this radical, vigorously written classic which is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of nineteenth-century Europe.

The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire

The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire
Author: A. Wess Mitchell
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2019-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691196443

The Habsburg Empire's grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical world The Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain successful empires. Yet somehow Austria endured, outlasting Ottoman sieges, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon. A. Wess Mitchell tells the story of how this cash-strapped, polyglot empire survived for centuries in Europe's most dangerous neighborhood without succumbing to the pressures of multisided warfare. He shows how the Habsburgs played the long game in geopolitics, corralling friend and foe alike into voluntarily managing the empire's lengthy frontiers and extending a benign hegemony across the turbulent lands of middle Europe. The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire offers lessons on how to navigate a messy geopolitical map, stand firm without the advantage of military predominance, and prevail against multiple rivals.

A Concise History of Austria

A Concise History of Austria
Author: Steven Beller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521478861

For a small, prosperous country in the middle of Europe, modern Austria has a very large and complex history, extending far beyond its current borders. In a gripping narrative supported by beautiful illustrations, Steven Beller traces the remarkable career of Austria from German borderland to successful Alpine republic.

The Cambridge Companion to European Modernism

The Cambridge Companion to European Modernism
Author: Pericles Lewis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2011-09-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521199417

A broad, accessible account of European modernism as a truly cosmopolitan movement.

The Habsburg Empire 1700-1918

The Habsburg Empire 1700-1918
Author: Jean Berenger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2014-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317895738

This is the eagerly awaited second volume of Jean Bérenger's history of the Habsburgs. It covers the last two centuries of their rule and provides a compelling account of the fluctuations of Habsburg dynastic power and its disintegration after World War One. Bérenger gives a rich portrait of Habsburg greatness under Maria Theresa and Joseph II and shows how their successors proved more adroit at riding the tide of nationalism in their multi-ethnic empire than is often recognised.

A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918

A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918
Author: Robert A. Kann
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 662
Release: 1974
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520024083

A political, cultural, and socioeconomic history of the Habsburg empire, discussing the rise of Habsburg power, its subsequent status and action as a great power, and its dissolution.

Nationalizing Empires

Nationalizing Empires
Author: Stefan Berger
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2015-06-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9633860164

The essays in Nationalizing Empires challenge the dichotomy between empire and nation state that for decades has dominated historiography. The authors center their attention on nation-building in the imperial core and maintain that the nineteenth century, rather than the age of nation-states, was the age of empires and nationalism. They identify a number of instances where nation building projects in the imperial metropolis aimed at the preservation and extension of empires rather than at their dissolution or the transformation of entire empires into nation states. Such observations have until recently largely escaped theoretical reflection.

The Habsburgs

The Habsburgs
Author: Martyn Rady
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781541644519

"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling" (Wall Street Journal)--the definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built--and then lost--over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe, stretching from Hungary to Spain, and parts of the New World and the Far East. The Habsburgs dominated Central Europe through the First World War. Historians often depict the Habsburgs as leaders of a ramshackle empire. But Rady reveals their enduring power, driven by the belief that they were destined to rule the world as defenders of the Roman Catholic Church, guarantors of peace, and patrons of learning. This is the remarkable history of a dynasty that forever changed Europe and the world.