Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1867-1918,The

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; An Introduction to the Series; Note on referencing system; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Note on the Second Edition; Map: South-eastern Europe, showing the main national groups; PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND; 1. THE HABSBURG MONARCHY IN EUROPEAN HISTORY; From the origins of the House of Habsburg to 1848; The period of constitutional experiments: 1848-67; 2. 1867: THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN COMPROMISE; PART TWO: DOMESTIC AFFAIRS; 3. THE NATIONALITY QUESTION; The Germans; The Czechs; The Poles and Ruthenians; The Slovenes and Italians.;This book charts the history of the last fifty years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918. it reveals that the Habsburg Monarchy, though not in a healthy state before 1914, was not in fact doomed to collapse. The author examines foreign and domestic policies and reveals the weaknesses inherent in the Empire. He also shows how the Austro-Hungarian Empire attempted to satisfy the claims of eleven distinct national groups.