| Description |
xv, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 17 |
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Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 17
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| Contents |
Politics and representation -- Ch. 1. Food and the politics of sacrifice -- Ch. 2. Entertainment, propaganda and the Vienna war exhibition of 1916-17 -- Ch. 3. Censorship, rumors and denunciation : the crisis of truth on the home front -- State and family -- Ch. 4. Sisterhood and citizenship : "Austria's women" in wartime Vienna -- Ch. 5. Mobilizing Austria's children for total war -- Ch. 6. The "fatherless society" : home-front men and imperial paternalism |
| Summary |
"Maureen Healy examines the collapse of the Habsburg Empire from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city. She argues that a striking feature of "total war" on the home front was the spread of a war mentality to the mundane sites of everyday life - streets, shops, schools, entertainment venues, and apartment buildings. While Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, Viennese civilians (women, children, and "left at home" men) waged a protracted, socially devastating war against one another. Vienna's multi-ethnic population lived together in conditions of serve material shortage and faced near-starvation by 1917. The city fell into civilian mutiny before the state collapsed in 1918. Based on meticulous archival research, including citizens' letters to state authorities, the study offers a new and penetrating look at Habsburg citizenship by showing how ordinary women, men, and children conceived of "Austria" in the Empire's final years."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-327) and index |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Austria -- Vienna.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Austria -- Vienna.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects.
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War and society -- Austria -- Vienna.
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Total war.
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| SUBJECT |
Vienna (Austria) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018895 -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008860
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Vienna (Austria) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018895 -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011443
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| LC no. |
2003063548 |
| ISBN |
0521831245 hardback |
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