The End of the Empire: The Austro-Hungarian Empire: The Austro-Hungarian Empire

Author: Zhang Fan
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book selects fascinating accounts from various contemporary letters, memoirs, journals, government documents, and other historical records, primarily about the lives of people living in Vienna in the late 19th century. These include the Archduke and Archduchess, tragic immigrants, wealthy entrepreneurs, and some renowned thinkers, composers, and painters. In addition to the written narratives, the book also includes black-and-white photographs, oil paintings, handicrafts, cartoons, and poster advertisements from that era. There are also color photographs of the empire's scenery and engravings depicting some of the empire's people—such as Slovenians, Croats, Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Czechs. The End of an Empire: Austria-Hungary is part of the Time-Life Books series Lives in Distant Times, a world history series. This volume describes the great Habsburg ruler, whose prestige united 50 million subjects—including more than a dozen nations filled with countless conflicts and tensions—into a single entity. They collectively formed the multi-ethnic, multilingual Austrian Empire. The book explores the daily lives of the empire's inhabitants.