Historical Dictionary of Austria

by Paula Sutter Fichtner

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810855925
• ISBN13: 9780810855922
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 504 Pages