Pt. 1. Dynastic Empire, c. 1765-1867--Foundations--Joseph II and his legacy--Metternich's Austria : pyrrhic victory abroad, social question at home--Liberalism and nationalism--1848-49--Eventful transition, 1849-67----Pt. 2. Constitutional monarchy, 1867-1918--Liberalism--Economics, 1867-1914--Society and social movements--Nationalism--Hungary--Austria-Hungary in the early twentieth century--To world war and collapse
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