Introducing Austria

by Lonnie R. Johnson

The historian Lonnie Johnson provides in compact form a comprehensive overview of Austria's rich past and present. Each chapter and sub-chapter approaches Austria's diverse, thousand-year-old heritage... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929497031
• ISBN13: 9780929497037
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Ariadne Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

My Homework for My Trip to Austria

I actually purchased this book in preparation for my vacation in Austria. The book served as a superb reference in understanding the more current aspect of Austria's history. Additionally, the book provided a good sense of modern politics in Austria... providing a sense of the various political view and why people hold these views.

Recent History and Regionalism

Introducing Austria might better have been titled "Introducing Austrians." The author's goal, as he explains in the Preface, is to supplement traditional histories and guidebooks with a work that illuminates the character, attitudes, and internal differences among the Austrian population. The focus is on events and issues since 1918; only 35 pages are devoted to the history of Austria from prehistory to the First World War. Obviously this is not the book to buy if your primary interest is the Habsburg dynasty.The strength of the book is its depiction of the social and political characteristics of the different regions of Austria and how these characteristics have shaped recent history. The text is informal, often humorous, and illustrated with political cartoons. There is a brief appendix with travel information and a useful bibliographic essay.Introducing Austria is recommended for the business traveler or diplomat who wants to learn about modern Austria. The historian or tourist will also find the book informative and entertaining, but will want to look elsewhere for details about Austria's Imperial past.

As a Viennese/American I loved this book!

As an Austro/American I enjoyed this book very much. I found muyself smiling at the description of our character, while nodding my head in agreement over all the historic fact. I would higly recommend this book to everybody in an Austro-relationship and anybody who would like to learn more about the real Austrians.