| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (lxxxiv, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Historical dictionaries of Europe ; 70
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Historical dictionaries of Europe ; no. 70.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Maps; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix: Heads of State; Bibliography; About the Author; Photospread. |
| Summary |
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 farcries from the monarchical and highly stratified society of the old Empire. The second edi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Austria -- History -- Dictionaries.
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Austria. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fichtner, Paula S. Historical dictionary of Austria. 2nd ed. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009 9780810855922 0810855925 (DLC) 2009000242 (OCoLC)297413706 |
| ISBN |
9780810863101 (electronic book) |
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0810863103 (electronic book) |
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9780810855922 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0810855925 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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