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Historical dictionary of Austria /
Austrians today often seem to believe that they have two histories. One is their republican present; the other, the centuries that their forebears spent as part of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. Contemporary Austria is a fixture among Europe's democracies. Yet, it did not achieve this state...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Scarecrow Press,
2009.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Historical dictionaries of Europe ;
no. 70. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Austrians today often seem to believe that they have two histories. One is their republican present; the other, the centuries that their forebears spent as part of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. Contemporary Austria is a fixture among Europe's democracies. Yet, it did not achieve this state easily: World War I, the unification with Germany in 1938, and World War II were catastrophes for Austria. In 1995, it became part of the European Union, and its government, culture, and egalitarian economy are farcries from the monarchical and highly stratified society of the old Empire. The second edi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (lxxxiv, 409 pages, [8] pages of plates) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780810863101 0810863103 1282519891 9781282519893 9786612519895 6612519894 |