Austria in the Twentieth Century
Austria in the Twentieth Century These fourteen essays by leading Austrian historians and political scientists serve as a basic introduction to a small but sometimes trend-setting European country.…
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Austria in the Twentieth Century
These fourteen essays by leading Austrian historians and political scientists serve as a basic introduction to a small but sometimes trend-setting European country. No European country has experienced more dramatic turning points in its twentieth-century history than Austria. They provide a basic up-to-date outline of Austria's political history, shedding light on economic and social trends as well.
The five essays of Section I deal with the years 1900-1938. This volume divides the century into three periods. Under the relative tranquility of the late Habsburg monarchy seethed a witch's brew of social and political trends, signaling the advent of modernity and leading to the outbreak of World War I and eventually to the collapse of the Habsburg Empire.
The First Austrian Republic was one of the succession states that tried to build a nation against the backdrop of political and economic
Thinking the Twentieth Century
Creating the Twentieth Century