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UNINA9910793386403321 |
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Embers of empire : continuity and rupture in the Habsburg successor states after 1918 / / edited by Paul Miller and Claire Morelon |
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New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 pages) |
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Collana |
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Austrian and Habsburg studies ; ; Volume 22 |
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HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary |
Europe, Eastern History 1918-1945 |
Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1918-1945 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Embers of Empire -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Permanence and Revolution -- Chapter 1. Negotiating Post-Imperial Transitions -- Chapter 2. State Legitimacy and Continuity between the Habsburg Empire and Czechoslovakia -- Chapter 3. Strangers among Friends -- Chapter 4. Ideology on Display -- Part II The Habsburg Army's Final Battles -- Chapter 5. Reflections on the Legacy of the Imperial and Royal Army in the Successor States -- Chapter 6. Imperial into National Officers -- Chapter 7. Shades of Empire -- Part III. Church, Dynasty, Aristocracy -- Chapter 8. "All the German Princes Driven Out!" -- Chapter 9. Wealthy Landowners or Weak Remnants of the Imperial Past? -- Chapter 10. Sinner, Saint-or Cipher? -- Part IV. History, Memory, MentaliteĢ -- Chapter 11. "What Did They Die For?" -- Chapter 12. "The First Victim of the First World War" -- Afterword -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I ushered in a period of radical change for East-Central European political structures and national identities. Yet this transformed landscape inevitably still bore the traces of its imperial past. Breaking with traditional histories that take 1918 as a strict line of demarcation, this collection focuses on the complexities that attended the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor states. In so doing, it |
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produces new and more nuanced insights into the persistence and effectiveness of imperial institutions, as well as the sources of instability in the newly formed nation-states"-- |
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