The Habsburg monarchy: from enlightenment to eclipse

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 s...

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Main Author: Okey, Robin 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY St. Martin's Press 2001
Edition:1. publ. in the USA
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Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
Summary: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 mobilization which threatened the position of dominant Austro-Germans and Magyars.
Physical Description:IX, 456 S. Kt.
ISBN:0312233752

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