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The Habsburg Empire : A New History
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A EuropeNow Editor's Pick
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
--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
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- ISBN-13: 9780674986763
- ISBN-10: 0674986768
- Publisher: Belknap Press
- Publish Date: October 2018
- Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.45 pounds
- Page Count: 592
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