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A Concise History of Austria (Hardcover)
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A Concise History of Austria (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
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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 picture of the
layers of Austrian identity and heritage and their diverse sources.
It is a story full of anomalies and ironies, a case study of the
other side of European history, without the easy answers of more
clearly national narratives, and hence far more relevant to today's
world.
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