Teaching the Empire: Education and State Loyalty in Late Habsburg Austria

by Scott O Moore

Teaching the Empire explores how Habsburg Austria utilized education to cultivate the patriotism of its people. Public schools have been a tool for patriotic development in Europe and the United States since their creation in the nineteenth century. On a basic level, this civic education taught children about their state while also articulating the common myths, heroes, and ideas that could bind society together. For the most part...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557538956
• ISBN13: 9781557538956
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"