Austria's Eastern Question, 1700-1790
Austria's Eastern Question, 1700-1790

Author: Karl A. Roider Jr.

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1400856698

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Focusing on the policy of the Hapsburg Monarchy toward the Ottoman Empire during the whole of the eighteenth century, Karl A. Roider maintains that it was in the early part of that century when Austria first faced the twin problems of Ottoman decline and Russian expansion into southeastern Europe. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Entangled Histories of the Balkans - Volume Four
Entangled Histories of the Balkans - Volume Four

Author: Roumen Dontchev Daskalov

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-02-06

Total Pages: 667

ISBN-13: 9004337822

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The present volume is the last in the Entangled Balkans series and marks the end of several years of research guided by the transnational, “entangled history” and histoire croisée approaches. The essays in this volume address theoretical and methodological issues of Balkan or Southeast European regional studies—not only questions of scholarly concepts, definitions, and approaches but also the extra-scholarly, ideological, political, and geopolitical motivations that underpin them. These issues are treated more systematically and by a presentation of their historical evolution in various national traditions and schools. Some of the essays deal with the articulation of certain forms of “Balkan heritage” in relation to the geographical spread and especially the cultural definition of the “Balkan area.” Concepts and definitions of the Balkans are thus complemented by (self-)representations that reflect on their cultural foundations.

Baron Thugut and Austria's Response to the French Revolution
Baron Thugut and Austria's Response to the French Revolution

Author: Karl A. Roider Jr.

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1400858666

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Here is the first political biography of Baron Franz Maria Thugut, the principal Austrian opponent of the French Revolution. This work explains Thugut's role as the first Austrian statesman seriously to confront the Revolution. In the process it makes significant revisions in the conventional picture of the international system of the period. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Inventing Eastern Europe
Inventing Eastern Europe

Author: Larry Wolff

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780804727020

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Wolff explores how Western thinkers contributed to defining and characterizing Eastern Europe as half-civilized and barbaric.

Empire and Military Revolution in Eastern Europe
Empire and Military Revolution in Eastern Europe

Author: Brian Davies

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-06-16

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 144116880X

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In terms of resource mobilization and devastation the wars between Russia, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire were some of the largest of the 18th century, and had enormous consequences for the balance of power in Eastern Europe. Brian Davies examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to Ottoman and Crimean Tatar threats and to determine under what circumstances and in what ways Russian military power experienced a "revolution" awarding it clear preponderance over the Ottoman-Crimean system. A central part of Davies' argument is that identifying and explaining a Military Revolution must involve examining the role of factors not purely military. One must look not only at new military technology, new force and command structure, new tactical thinking, and new recruitment and military finance practices but also consider the impact of larger demographic, economic, and sociopolitical changes.

Historical Dictionary of Austria
Historical Dictionary of Austria

Author: Paula Sutter Fichtner

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2009-06-11

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 0810863103

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Austrians today often seem to believe that they have two histories. One is their republican present; the other, the centuries that their forebears spent as part of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. Contemporary Austria is a fixture among Europe's democracies. Yet, it did not achieve this state easily: World War I, the unification with Germany in 1938, and World War II were catastrophes for Austria. In 1995, it became part of the European Union, and its government, culture, and egalitarian economy are far cries from the monarchical and highly stratified society of the old Empire. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Austria has been thoroughly updated and greatly expanded. Through its chronology, introductory essay, appendix, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries, greater attention has been given to foreign affairs, economic institutions and policies, social issues, religion, and politics.

The Traditions of Invention
The Traditions of Invention

Author: Alex Drace-Francis

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9004252630

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Based on hundreds of primary sources in a wide range of languages, this book offers a reevaluation of Romanian images of self and other, as well as of foreign images of the country and people. A nuanced and historically-grounded contribution to the lively debates over Balkanism, Orientalism and identities in Romania and in Europe as a whole.

The Partitions of Poland 1772, 1793, 1795
The Partitions of Poland 1772, 1793, 1795

Author: Jerzy Lukowski

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1317886941

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The Partitions of Poland were a key event in the power politics of the late ancien regime, and had major long term consequences for the balance of power in northern and eastern Europe. Over a period of twenty five years Catherine II (Russia), Frederick II (Prussia) and Maria Theresa and Joseph II (Austria) between them wiped Poland xxx; Europe's second largest countryxxx; off the political map, and Poland disappeared as a state for 120 years. Jerzy Lukowski's new account, the first comprehensive study of the topic in English since 1915, sets the Polish dimension of this story in its wider European context, illuminating the motives and attitudes of the participants and exploring its consequences. This is a major contribution to the diplomatic history of eighteenth century Europe.

The Genesis of the French Revolution
The Genesis of the French Revolution

Author: Bailey Stone

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-02-25

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780521445702

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This book, first published in 2004, offers an interesting synthesis of the long- and short-term causes of the French Revolution.