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Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs : essays on Central Europe, c.1683-1867 / R.J.W. Evans

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Evans, R. J. W. (Robert John Weston), 1943-
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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1 online resource (xvii, 337 pages) : maps
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The Habsburgs and central Europe, 1683-1723 -- Maria Theresa and Hungary -- The origins of enlightenment in the Habsburg lands -- Culture and authority in Central Europe, 1683-1806 -- The Habsburg monarchy and Bohemia, 1526-1848 -- Nationality in east-central Europe: perception and definition before 1848 -- Frontiers and national identities in central-European history -- Joseph II and nationality in the Habsburg lands -- Religion and nation in Hungary, 1790-1849 -- The Habsburgs and the Hungarian problem, 1790-1848 -- Empire and kingdoms: Hungary and Bohemia in the monarchy, 1741-1871 -- The Translyvanian Saxons: a German diaspora -- Hungary and the German lands in the nineteenth century -- Hungary and the Habsburg monarchy 1840-67: a study of perceptions -- From confederation to compromise: the Austrian experiment, 1849-67 -- Central Europe: the history of an idea.
Summary
These elegantly written 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. - ;This book address a number of interrelated themes over two hundred years and more in the political, religious, cultural, and social history of a broad but often neglected swathe of the European continent. It seeks - against the.
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9781429470957 (electronic bk.)
142947095X (electronic bk.)
9786610758579
6610758573
0191535869
9780191535864
0199281440 (Cloth)
9780199281442
9780199541621 (pbk.)
0199541620 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316) and index.
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