The Habsburg Legacy
National Identity in Historical Perspective
Edited by Edward Timms and Ritchie Robertson
Click cover to enlarge | Edinburgh University Press 1 December 1994 • 258pp ISBN: 978-0-748604-87-6 (hardback) (out of print) This work argues that to understand current events in Europe, we need to look into the past at the construction and collapse of the multi-national Habsburg Empire. It examines the early 19th-century development of the Austrian Empire from the the Holy Roman Empire, which led to the growth of distinct regional identities in Hungary, Galicia, Trieste and Croatia. The book gives the historical background to nationalism in Central Europe today, describing official attempts to define "ethnic identity", the harm which resulted, the new Austrian identity under the semi-fascist rule of the 1930s and the early years of the post-war Second Republic. Contrasting the gradual integration of nations in contemporary Western Europe with the dissolution of multi-national states in the east, this is a re-appraisal of a fallen Empire. This work is part of the "Austrian Studies" series, an annual volume reflecting the growing interest in the distinctive cultural traditions of the Habsburg Empire and the Austrian Republic. The focus is on Austrian culture from 1750 to the present and the series treats literature in relation to psychology, philosophy, political theory, music, theatre and the visual arts. Contents: Bibliography entry: Timms, Edward, and Ritchie Robertson (eds), The Habsburg Legacy: National Identity in Historical Perspective (= Austrian Studies, 5 (1994)) First footnote reference: 35 The Habsburg Legacy: National Identity in Historical Perspective, ed. by Edward Timms and Ritchie Robertson (= Austrian Studies, 5 (1994)), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Timms and Robertson, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Timms, Edward, and Ritchie Robertson (eds). 1994. The Habsburg Legacy: National Identity in Historical Perspective (= Austrian Studies, 5) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Timms and Robertson 1994: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Timms and Robertson 1994: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This hardback is now out of print. You could try searching for used copies with this link to AbeBooks.co.uk. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Habsburg-Legacy www.mhra.org.uk/publications/as-5 |