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Concise History of Austria

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ISBN-10: 0521478863

ISBN-13: 9780521478861

Edition: 2006

Authors: Steven Beller

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For a small, prosperous country in the middle of Europe, modern Austria has a very large and complex history, extending far beyond its current borders. Today's Austrians have a problematic relationship with that history, whether with the multi-national history of the Habsburg Monarchy, or with the time between 1938 and 1945 when Austrians were Germans in Hitler's Third Reich. Steven Beller's gripping and comprehensive account traces the remarkable career of Austria through its many transformations, from German borderland, to dynastic enterprise, imperial house, Central European great power, failed Alpine republic, German province, and then successful Alpine republic, building up a picture…    
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Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.54" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Steven Beller is an independent scholar. He has already published a number of books on Austrian history, including Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History (1989), Theodor Herzl (1991) and Francis Joseph (1996).

Introduction
The Eastern March, 1439
A.E.I.O.U., 1439-1740
Countering reform, 1740-1866
Empire on notice, 1866-1918
The land without qualities, 1918-1945
Austria Inc., from 1945
Conclusion
Guide to further reading