The Habsburg Empire - Pieter M. Judson
A New History
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A EuropeNow Editor's Pick A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year "Pieter M. Judson's book informs and stimulates. If his account of Habsburg achievements, especially in the 18th century, is rather starry-eyed, it is a welcome corrective to the black legend usually presented. Lucid, elegant, full of surprising and illuminating details, it can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in modern European history." --Tim Blanning, Wall Street Journal "This is an engaging reappraisal of the empire whose legacy, a century after its collapse in 1918, still resonates across the nation-states that replaced it in central Europe. Judson rejects conventional depictions of the Habsburg empire as a hopelessly dysfunctional assemblage of squabbling nationalities and stresses its achievements in law, administration, science and the arts." --Tony Barber, Financial Times "Spectacularly revisionist...Judson argues that...the empire was a force for progress and modernity...This is a bold and refreshing book...Jud...
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2018Uitgever: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press592 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0674986768ISBN-13: 9780674986763Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2018, 592pp, paperback, goed exemplaar / good copy [Auteur: Judson, Pieter M.] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Harvard University Press] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: The Habsburg Empire / A New History]
