A Short History of Austria-Hungary and Poland
Author: Henry Wickham Steed
Publisher: London, The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company
Published: 1914
Total Pages: 194
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A Brief History of Poland
Author: Julia Swift Orvis
Publisher:
Published: 1916
Total Pages: 402
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Concise History of Poland
Author: Jerzy Lukowski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-07-06
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 052185332X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn updated and expanded second edition covering Polish history from medieval times to the present day.
The Bridge at Andau
Author: James A. Michener
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Published: 2015-06-09
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0812986741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks. Praise for The Bridge at Andau “Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring.”—The Atlantic Monthly “Dramatic, chilling, enraging.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Superb.”—Kirkus Reviews “Highly recommended reading.”—Library Journal
The Habsburg Empire
Author: Pieter M. Judson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2016-04-25
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 0674969324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA EuropeNow Editor’s Pick A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year “Pieter M. Judson’s book informs and stimulates. If his account of Habsburg achievements, especially in the 18th century, is rather starry-eyed, it is a welcome corrective to the black legend usually presented. Lucid, elegant, full of surprising and illuminating details, it can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in modern European history.” —Tim Blanning, Wall Street Journal “This is an engaging reappraisal of the empire whose legacy, a century after its collapse in 1918, still resonates across the nation-states that replaced it in central Europe. Judson rejects conventional depictions of the Habsburg empire as a hopelessly dysfunctional assemblage of squabbling nationalities and stresses its achievements in law, administration, science and the arts.” —Tony Barber, Financial Times “Spectacularly revisionist... Judson argues that...the empire was a force for progress and modernity... This is a bold and refreshing book... Judson does much to destroy the picture of an ossified regime and state.” —A. W. Purdue, Times Higher Education “Judson’s reflections on nations, states and institutions are of broader interest, not least in the current debate on the future of the European Union after Brexit.” —Annabelle Chapman, Prospect
History of Eastern Europe
Author: Captivating History
Publisher: Captivating History
Published: 2021-10-30
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781637165034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Eastern Europe is one of successes and failures, competing interests, and the rise and fall of states and empires.
Embers of Empire
Author: Paul Miller
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2018-11-29
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 1789200237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I ushered in a period of radical change for East-Central European political structures and national identities. Yet this transformed landscape inevitably still bore the traces of its imperial past. Breaking with traditional histories that take 1918 as a strict line of demarcation, this collection focuses on the complexities that attended the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor states. In so doing, it produces new and more nuanced insights into the persistence and effectiveness of imperial institutions, as well as the sources of instability in the newly formed nation-states.
Creating the Other
Author: Nancy M. Wingfield
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1571813853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe historic myths of a people/nation usually play an important role in the creation and consolidation of the basic concepts from which the self-image of that nation derives. These concepts include not only images of the nation itself, but also images of other peoples. Although the construction of ethnic stereotypes during the "long" nineteenth century initially had other functions than simply the homogenization of the particular culture and the exclusion of "others" from the public sphere, the evaluation of peoples according to criteria that included "level of civilization" yielded "rankings" of ethnic groups within the Habsburg Monarchy. That provided the basis for later, more divisive ethnic characterizations of exclusive nationalism, as addressed in this volume that examines the roots and results of ethnic, nationalist, and racial conflict in the region from a variety of historical and theoretical perspectives.
The Fourteen Points Speech
Author: Woodrow Wilson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-06-17
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781548159412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Squid Ink Classic includes the full text of the work plus MLA style citations for scholarly secondary sources, peer-reviewed journal articles and critical essays for when your teacher requires extra resources in MLA format for your research paper.
Ring of Steel
Author: Alexander Watson
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2014-10-07
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 0465056873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA prize-winning, magisterial history of World War I from the perspective of the defeated Central Powers For the Central Powers, the First World War started with high hopes for an easy victory. But those hopes soon deteriorated as Germany's attack on France failed, Austria-Hungary's armies suffered catastrophic losses, and Britain's ruthless blockade brought both nations to the brink of starvation. The Central powers were trapped in the Allies' ever-tightening Ring of Steel. In this compelling history, Alexander Watson retells the war from the perspective of its losers: not just the leaders in Berlin and Vienna, but the people of Central Europe. The war shattered their societies, destroyed their states, and imparted a poisonous legacy of bitterness and violence. A major reevaluation of the First World War, Ring of Steel is essential for anyone seeking to understand the last century of European history.
