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A Concise History of Austria
Steven Beller
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Description for A Concise History of Austria
Paperback. Steven Beller traces the remarkable career of Austria from German borderland to successful Alpine republic. Series: Cambridge Concise Histories. Num Pages: 350 pages, 54 b/w illus. 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496. Series: Cambridge Concise Histories. 352 pages, 54 b/w illus. 8 maps. Steven Beller traces the remarkable career of Austria from German borderland to successful Alpine republic. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight: 490.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Cambridge Concise Histories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521478861
SKU
V9780521478861
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About Steven Beller
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).
Reviews for A Concise History of Austria
'Steven Beller's history of Austria is not only concise - it is also incisive, witty and engaging … Both tough and fair, but never insipidly nostalgic, in his assessments of the Austrian experience, Beller succeeds in highlighting the country's paradoxical and ambiguous role as both a foil to, and a distillation of, the broader patterns of European history.' Aviel Roshwald, ... Read more