The Habsburg Empire

In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans Across divides of language, religion, region, and history, ordinary women and men felt a common attachment to their empire, while bureaucrats, soldiers, politicians, and academics devised inventive solutions to the challenges of governing Europe s second largest state In the decades before and after its dissolution, some observers belittled the Habsburg Empire as a dysfunctional patchwork of hostile ethnic groups and an anachronistic imperial relic Judson examines their motives and explains just how wrong these rearguard critics were.Rejecting fragmented histories of nations in the making, this bold revision surveys the shared institutions that bridged difference and distance to bring stability and meaning to the far flung empire By supporting new schools, law courts, and railroads, along with scientific and artistic advances, the Habsburg monarchs sought to anchor their authority in the cultures and economies of Central Europe A rising standard of living throughout the empire deepened the legitimacy of Habsburg rule, as citizens learned to use the empire s administrative machinery to their local advantage Nationalists developed distinctive ideas about cultural difference in the context of imperial institutions, yet all of them claimed the Habsburg state as their empire.The empire s creative solutions to governing its many lands and peoples as well as the intractable problems it could not solve left an enduring imprint on its successor states in Central Europe Its lessons remain no less important today. Free Read [ The Habsburg Empire ] author [ Pieter M. Judson ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Fascinating in the early going here with regard to Empress Maria Theresa and her machinations once named monarch to restore provinces snatched away by greedy usurpers How dare Austria name a woman to lead their country Well, Maria Theresa in time regained Bohemia, Moravia and part of Silesia after hard bargaining with the Hungar...This is a history of the Habsburg monarchs administration of their empire Author Peter Judson stays with this mission such that battles, wars and personalities are incidental While the level of text is accessible to the general reader, sometimes the level of detail makes it a slog.It begins with the reign of Maria Theresa whose geographically large and ethnically diverse empire was built over 500 years through battles, trade and strategic marriages Judson shows how Maria Theresa worked to ce This is a history of the Habsburg...The Habsburg Empire A New History, by Pieter M Judson, is a revisionist analysis of the internal sociological cultural, political and economic aspects of the Austrian and Austro Hungarian Empire from 1780 1918 and a small bit beyond This history examines the internal development that this multi ethnic Empire went through, and the attempts at reform, subsequent political reactions, and ultimate collapse that ensued Judson has done an excellent job with this revisionist work, examining a n The Habsburg Empire A New History, by Pieter M Judson, is a revisionist analysis of the internal sociological cultural, political and economic aspects of the Austrian and Austro Hungarian Empire from 1780 1918 and a small bit beyond This history examines the internal development that this multi ethnic Empire went through, and the attempts at reform, subsequent political reactions, and ultimate collapse that ensued Judson has done an excellent job with this revisionist work, examining a nation state that is widely derived in modern literature, but can easily be examined in a revisionist framework for its admirable attempt to meld many different ethnic religious social cultural linguistic etc groups under a political umbrella akin to many modern multi ethnic states.This work begins wit...A lengthy and detailed tome on the Habsburg Empire or Habsburg Monarchy also referred to as the Austrian Empire, the Austro Hungarian Empire, or Austria Hungary This book takes an overarching view of the Empire, its history, and its end Its life ran from 1700 1918, when at the end of World War I it collapsed There were transformations over time, such as the semi separation between Hungary and Austria in 1867 when the state became known as Austria Hungary.The Empire seems to have been a A lengthy and detailed tome on the Habsburg Empire or Habsburg Monarchy also referred to as the Austrian Empire, the Austro Hungarian Empire, or Austria Hungary This book takes an overarching view of the Empire, its history, and its end Its life ran from 1700 1918, when at the end of World War I it collapsed There were transformations over time, such as the semi separation between Hungary and Austria in 1867 when the state became known as Austria Hungary.The Empire seems to have been a bit rickety over its lifetime, with many centrifugal forces It was a milticultural, multiethnic empire, which created tensions never fully satisfied The book examines various cultural expressions of this, from literature to media However, despite the forces pulling against unity, if the author is correct, there was some sense of people being apart of a greater political entity Thus,...This is a fantastic book that emphasizes the Habsburgs strategies of rule, rather than a broad overview of all Habsburg history In the first portion of this work, Judson argues that the Habsburg Empire engaged in large scale reform in hopes of creating a coherent imperial state After the Congress of Vienna, the Habsburg Empire dropped its reformist policies and instead aimed to simply keep the peace By 1848, Judson argues that nationalism became a force of its own, although the Habsburgs wer This is a fantastic book that emphasizes the Habsburgs strategies of rule, rather than a broad overview of all Habsburg history In the first portion of this work, Judson argues that the Habsburg Empire engaged in large scale reform in hopes of creating a coherent imperial state After the Congress of Vienna, the Habsburg Empire dropped its reformist policies and instead aimed to simply keep the peace By 18...It s a learned and well researched book It follows thus the first requirement to be an excellent History book.Unfortunately, it is also very prolix, a most un Dutch characteristic.And boring.The latter two make any History book a task to perform, not a pleasure to read.The peculiar ...It s a fairly informative book following mostly the later part of the Empire from the 1780 s until the dissolution The main drawback was the somewhat monotonic style that lacked the page turning qualities of the best popular history books aroundIt filled up what i did not know about this empire However, it also centers a lot on administrative practice, reforms from Maria Theresa to her successors Surprisingly, this is the 1st time i encounter the topic of nationalism in such a diverse community in the Hapsburg empire.This is a new and well researched history of the Habsburg Austro Hungarian empire, focusing on its main period, from the mid 1700s to its demise at the end of World War I To its credit, the book says it can t put a date on the empire s demise, only that it fell apart at the end in muddled chaos.It s an internal history, with little discussion of its wars and foreign Great Power policy The book reviews the empire s evolution in administration, education, economic policy, parliamentary ele This is a new and well researched history of the Habsburg Austro Hungarian empire, focusing on its main period, from the mid 1700s to its demise at the end of World War I To its credit, the book says it can t put a date on the empire s demise, only that it fell apart at the end in muddled chaos.It s an internal history, with little discussion of its wars and foreign Great Power policy The book reviews the empire s evolution in administration, education, economic policy, parliamentary elections, engineering and infrastructure Austro Hungarian culture and cultural controversies take up much o...This books yearns for an editor Not just very verbose, but it keeps repeating whole sentences Also full of annoying typos Do you know a reasonable book on this topic Please reach out to me.

• English
• 22 August 2018
Pieter M. Judson
• Hardcover
• 567 pages
• 0674047761
• Pieter M. Judson
• The Habsburg Empire