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The Habsburgs: Dynasty, Culture and Politics
Paula Sutter Fichtner
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Description for The Habsburgs: Dynasty, Culture and Politics
Hardback. This incisive book is a fascinating new historical account charting one of the pivotal yet oft-overlooked foundation stories of modern Europe, the dynasty of the Habsburgs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 black & white. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 690.
On 28 June 1914, in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Habsburg-Lorraine-Este was shot dead. Known as the moment that sparked off the First World War, this incident also initiated another, lesser-known story: the beginning of the end of Habsburg rule, which came four years later. In this comprehensive account of the longest-lived European empire, Paula Sutter Fichtner explains how the dynasty came to play such a decisive role in the fate of the continent. The Habsburgs: Dynasty, Culture and Politics traces the origins of house Habsburg and shows how it was able to hold together such ... Read more
On 28 June 1914, in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Habsburg-Lorraine-Este was shot dead. Known as the moment that sparked off the First World War, this incident also initiated another, lesser-known story: the beginning of the end of Habsburg rule, which came four years later. In this comprehensive account of the longest-lived European empire, Paula Sutter Fichtner explains how the dynasty came to play such a decisive role in the fate of the continent. The Habsburgs: Dynasty, Culture and Politics traces the origins of house Habsburg and shows how it was able to hold together such ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780232744
SKU
V9781780232744
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About Paula Sutter Fichtner
Paula Sutter Fichtner is Professor of History Emerita at Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her books include Terror and Toleration: The Habsburg Empire Confronts Islam, also published by Reaktion Books.
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