Austria category: 467 books
The Complete History of the Habsburg Empire: 1232-1789
Rise and Decline of the Great Dynasty: The Founder - Rhodolph's Election as Emperor, Religious Strife in Europe, Charles V, The Turkish Wars, The Polish War, Maria Theresa, The French Revolution & European Coalition
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This eBook edition of "The Complete History of the Habsburg Empire: 1232-1789" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. History of the Austrian Empire embraces all that is wild and wonderful in history; early struggles for aggrandizement,...
The Emperors
How Europe's Rulers Were Destroyed by the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
On 28 June 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated on a visit to Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist called Gavrilo Princip. The assassination set in motion the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history and a trauma...
by Capt. Edward C. Corsi
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
“UNTIL the Treaty of Versailles the Polish nation was without a country. For more than a century the buffer-state of Central Europe had no representation on the map. Today when the area, population and resources must be recognized and her strategic position taken into account, Poland remains to...
by Karl Schimmer
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.
The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks is an account of the sieges by a resident of Vienna.
Unified Military Industries of the Soviet Bloc
Hungary and the Division of Labor in Military Production
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
This book draws a subtle picture of Warsaw Pact economic and military cooperation by presenting a complete branch—the military industry—from the perspective of a smaller member-state, Hungary. It demonstrates that the military industry’s cooperation played a crucial role in the development of...
Do the Balkans Begin in Vienna? The Geopolitical and Imaginary Borders between the Balkans and Europe
The Geopolitical and imaginary borders between the balkans and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Do the Balkans Begin in Vienna? takes up one of the most fraught areas of Europe, the Balkans. Variously part of the Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Byzantine empires, this region has always been considered Europe’s border between the Orient and the Occident. Aiming to clarify the politics of drawing...
by Daniele Zumbo
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Gli Ungari anche conosciuti come Magiari sono un gruppo etnico di origine ugrica, inizialmente appartenenti alle sette tribù dell’Ungheria. Queste popolazioni risiedevano inizialmente nella Yugra, una terra ricca di steppe, da qui poi mossero verso Levedia e poi Etelkoz. Il testo racconta le gesta...
Muslims in Medieval Italy
The Colony at Lucera
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Muslims in Medieval Italy: The Colony at Lucera is the history of a Muslim colony in the southern Italian city of Lucera during the Middle Ages. Author Julie Taylor draws on a vast array of primary sources, unpublished manuscripts, and archeological data to provide a detailed account of the lives...
The New Space
Movement and Experience in Viennese Modern Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Scholars have long stressed the problem of ornament and expression when considering Viennese modernism. By the first decade of the 20th century, however, the avant-garde had shifted its focus from the surface to the interior. Adolf Loos (1870–1933), together with Josef Frank (1885–1967) and Oskar...
by Frank Keith
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Do castles bring out the child in you? Do the Middle Ages awaken your burning interest? Is history your thing? Then join me on a fascinating journey back to times long past, when castles, suits of armor, fables and damsels in distress were a part of everyday life.This book covers a select assortment...
Land of Choice
The Hungarians in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1957
Written by a Hungarian scholar who himself passed through the vicissitudes of migration and assimilation, this timely study of the movement of Hungarians into Canada has a special value. The author, a graduate of the University of Budapest, taught social history and sociology at the universities of...
Hongrie : L'angoisse de la disparition
L'Âme des Peuples
Language: French
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre
Quand un traité devient le bouc émissaire des maux politiques nationaux, mieux vaut tenter de le comprendre. Tel est le sel de ce récit, taraudé par cette question : où va donc la Hongrie, ce cœur baroque de la Mittel...
The Politics of Cultural Retreat
Imperial Bureaucracy in Austrian Galicia, 1772-1867
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
An illuminating history of state-building, nationalism, and bureaucracy, this book tells the story of how an international cohort of Austrian officials from Bohemia, Hungary, the Hapsburg Netherlands, Italy, and several German states administered Galicia from its annexation from Poland-Lithuania in 1772...
by Michele Lang
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Michele Lang is the author of the acclaimed LADY LAZARUS historical fantasy series from Tor. In this little guide, you will find a window into the historical and metaphysical context for the series – the intense, fascinating café culture of Budapest in the 1930s. A non-fiction collection of information and essays to complement the fantasy series.