The isolation the Children of the Danube experienced from the
upheavals of history in the rest of Europe would no longer hold
true in the second half of the 19th Century and beyond. At the
outset, Emperor Francis Joseph's attempts to preserve the position
of the House of Habsburg in the face of the rising power of Prussia
among the German states would inevitably lead to a disastrous war.
Austria's defeat set the stage for the rise of the German Empire
and the struggle for supremacy in Europe among the major powers
resulting in the catastrophic wars of the next century which would
destroy the only life the Children of the Danube had ever
known.
The agricultural sector was in a shambles in Hungary during the
last decades of the century which had repercussions for the
Children of the Danube among whom the landless were the fastest
growing part of the population and among whom poverty had become a
way of life. Land was expensive and simply unavailable. As in the
past, the only remedy was emigration. The first wave of emigrants
from Swabian Turkey sought their future in Slavonia recently opened
for colonization. It was just the prelude for the massive
emigration movement soon to take place to the New World.
Some of the surviving emigrants and exiles will meet in a
railway station in a small town in Canada as the final phase of the
Schwabenzug takes place and the Children of the Danube transplant
their roots in their new Heimat.
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2011 |
First published: |
February 2011 |
Authors: |
Henry A. Fischer
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
688 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4567-4370-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
1-4567-4370-8 |
Barcode: |
9781456743703 |
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