R. J. W. Evans (University of Oxford Regius Professor of History)

Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs

Central Europe C.1683-1867

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Produktbeschreibung

These essays by the leading historian of the Austro-Hungarian empire explore the political and religious history of the Habsburg lands, Europe's only true multinational state. They illuminate key aspects of the evolution towards modern statehood and national awareness in Central Europe over more than two centuries of cultural and social transition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780199541621
• ISBN-10: 0199541620
• Artikelnr.: 24764639

Inhaltsangabe

* Chronology
* 1: The Habsburgs and Central Europe 1683-1723
* I: Absolutist Enlightenment
* 2: Maria Theresa and Hungary
* 3: The Origins of Enlightenment in the Habsburg Lands
* 4: Culture and Authority in Central Europe 1683-1806
* 5: The Habsburg Monarchy and Bohemia 1526-1848
* II: The Rise of Nations
* 6: Nationality in East-Central Europe: Perception and Definition
before 1848
* 7: Frontiers and National Identites in Central Europe
* 8: Joseph II and Nationality in the Habsburg Lands
* 9: Religion and Nation in Hungary 1790-1849
* III: Regions and their Interplay
* 10: The Habsburgs and the Hungarian Problem 1790-1848
* 11: Empire and Kingdoms: Hungary and Bohemia in the Habsburg Monarchy
1741-1871
* 12: The Transylvanian Saxons: A German Diaspora
* 13: Hungary and the German Lands in the Nineteenth Century
* IV: The Revolution and Beyond
* 14: Hungary in the Habsburg Monarchy 1840-1867: A Study of
Perceptions
* 15: From Confederation to Compromise: The Austrian Experiment
1849-1867
* 16: Central Europe: The History of an Idea
* Bibliography
* Index

Rezensionen

Review from previous edition 'Interlinked essays of enormous learning and suggestiveness...all are meticulously reintroduced, reannotated and cross referenced...Few self-proclaimed 'intellectual' historians can boast as sure a grasp as Evans of the politico-military-economic structures enabling cultural activities.' - Alex Drace-Francis, Central Europe