Culture and Political Crisis in Vienna: Christian Socialism in Power, 1897-1918

by John W. Boyer

Book Overview

In this sequel to Political Radicalism in Late Imperial Vienna, John Boyer picks up the history of the Christian Social movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power in Vienna in 1897 and traces its evolution from a group of disparate ward politicians, through its maturation into the largest single party in the Austrian parliament by 1907, to its major role in Imperial politics during the First World War.

Boyer argues that understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226069605
• ISBN13: 9780226069609
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 718 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"