"This fine collection on competing political loyalties in the late
Habsburg Monarchy is framed by clear research questions.The dynasty
faced formidable competitors in its own crownlands, cities and
villages. This volume] presents this competition in vibrant and
varied case studies. From it readers will take a sampling of some
of the best recent scholarship on the Habsburg Monarchy." .
Slavonic and East European Review
"Any future discussion on the last years of the Habsburg
Monarchy's political history should build on this collection's
significant achievements whether the point of departure is the
monarchy's ultimate failure or a decidedly a-teleological
perspective...It is not a book that only critiques the old; but it
also points to the possibility of something new, and arguably more
exciting." . H-Net Reviews
" The] rich case studies and vivid vignettes... offer] the first
coherent attempt in examining the efforts to generate
dynastic-oriented patriotism and the responses to these efforts.
T]his book contains many seeds for a more nuanced and sophisticated
discussion of the late monarchy. It is not a book that only
critiques the old; but it also points to the possibility of
something new, and arguably more exciting." . Habsburg
"There is a welcome intellectual coherence and high scholarship
to this latest volume in Berghahn's series on Austrian and Habsburg
Studies." . German History
The overwhelming majority of historical work on the late
Habsburg Monarchy has focused primarily on national movements and
ethnic conflicts, with the result that too little attention has
been devoted to the state and ruling dynasty. This volume is the
first of its kind to concentrate on attempts by the imperial
government to generate a dynastic-oriented state patriotism in the
multinational Habsburg Monarchy. It examines those forces in state
and society which tended toward the promotion of state unity and
loyalty towards the ruling house. These essays, all original
contributions and written by an international group of historians,
provide a critical examination of the phenomenon of "dynastic
patriotism" and offer a richly nuanced treatment of the
multinational empire in its final phase.
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