03484nam 2200637 450 991046095390332120200520144314.00-8047-9593-210.1515/9780804795937(CKB)3710000000456068(EBL)3568967(SSID)ssj0001532139(PQKBManifestationID)12575701(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001532139(PQKBWorkID)11472831(PQKB)11418226(StDuBDS)EDZ0001373078(MiAaPQ)EBC3568967(DE-B1597)563523(DE-B1597)9780804795937(Au-PeEL)EBL3568967(CaPaEBR)ebr11085863(OCoLC)915562590(OCoLC)1178769147(EXLCZ)99371000000045606820150822h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrForging a multinational state state making in imperial Austria from the Enlightenment to the First World War /John DeakStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (374 p.)Stanford Studies on Central and Eastern EuropeDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-9557-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The dynamics of Austrian governance, 1780-1848 -- The madness of Count Stadion, or, Austria between revolution and reaction -- The reforging of the Habsburg state, 1849-1859 -- State building on a new track : Austria in the 1860s -- The years of procedure, 1868-1900 -- Bureaucracy and democracy in the final decades of the monarchy, 1890-1914 -- Epilogue : the state of exception : Austria's descent into the twentieth century.The Habsburg Monarchy ruled over approximately one-third of Europe for almost 150 years. Previous books on the Habsburg Empire emphasize its slow decline in the face of the growth of neighboring nation-states. John Deak, instead, argues that the state was not in eternal decline, but actively sought not only to adapt, but also to modernize and build. Deak has spent years mastering the structure and practices of the Austrian public administration and has immersed himself in the minutiae of its codes, reforms, political maneuverings, and culture. He demonstrates how an early modern empire made up of disparate lands connected solely by the feudal ties of a ruling family was transformed into a relatively unitary, modern, semi-centralized bureaucratic continental empire. This process was only derailed by the state of emergency that accompanied the First World War. Consequently, Deak provides the reader with a new appreciation for the evolving architecture of one of Europe's Great Powers in the long nineteenth century.Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe.HISTORY / Europe / GeneralbisacshAustriaPolitics and government1848-1918AustriaPolitics and government1740-1848Electronic books.HISTORY / Europe / General.943.6/04Deák John(John David),1043866MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460953903321Forging a multinational state2469137UNINA