The Habsburg Empire, an European History (1740-1918?).

Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Marco Bresciani
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/102
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 145-155 File size 126 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2017-102008
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A major revision has recently transformed the Habsburg studies, by providing non-national and antideterministic approaches to the national questions and nationalism. Fostering and following this revision, Pieter Judson’s important work re-writes the history of the Habsburg Empire as part and parcel of Europe as a whole. He focusses on the processes of (imperial) state-building, on the modernization of the everyday life, on the nationalist movements (and on the obstacles to them), on the long-standing Habsburg legacies in the successor states.

Keywords: Habsburg Empire, Central Europe, Nationalism, National indifference, Great War

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Marco Bresciani, L’Impero Asburgico, una storia d’Europa (1740-1918?) in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 102/2017, pp 145-155, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2017-102008