| Description |
xiv, 646 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- I. Toward the Union of the Habsburg Lands -- II. Turks and Protestants (1526-1648) -- III. An Empire Evolves and Asserts Itself (1648-1748) -- IV. Late Renaissance and Baroque Age in the Habsburg Lands (1526-1740) -- V. An Empire Reasserts Itself (1740-1815) -- VI. Standstill, Decline and Stabilization (1815-1879) -- VII. Cultural Trends from Late Englightenment to Liberalism (from mid-eighteenth century to the 1860's) -- VIII. Decline and Discord (1879-1914) -- IX. World War and Dissolution (1914-1918) -- X. New Beginnings: Cultural Trends from the 1860's to 1918 -- XI. Bibliographical Essay -- Appendix -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 565-600 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Habsburg, House of.
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Habsburg, House of -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Austria -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009691
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Hungary -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063046
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| LC no. |
72097733 |
| ISBN |
0520024087 |
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