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Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungaryby Dr Martyn Rady; Michael Branch; Prof George Kolankiewicz
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 140.00The absence in medieval Hungary of fief-holding and vassalage has often been cited by historians as evidence of Hungary's early 'deviation' from European norms. This new book argues that medieval Hungary was, nevertheless, familiar with many institutions characteristic of noble society in Europe. Contents include the origins of the Hungarian nobility and baronage, lordship and clientage, the role of the noble kindred, conditional landholding, the organization of the frontier, the administration of the counties, and the establishment of representative institutions. more...
Czechoslovakiaby Robin Shepherd
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 81.00Czechoslovakia, one of the most rigid and authoritarian of the former Soviet Union's satellite states, started the transition from communism with high hopes. But a decade of change has exposed the full extent of the damage wrought to the country through decades of communist rule. For one thing, the country could not hold together, splitting apart into two independent states in 1993. This book looks at the political and economic changes of two countries in transition and argues that much remains to be done before they have shaken off the legacy of a particularly harsh communist past. more...
Discourse And Discriminationby Martin Reisigl; Ruth Wodak
Taylor & Francis 2000; US$ 49.95Discourse and Discrimination is a study of how racism, antisemitism and ethnicism are reflected in discourse. drawing on a wide range of sources, Reisigl and Wodak question why even today, racism and antisemitism are still virulent. more...
War, religion and Court Language in Habsburg Austriaby Karin J. MacHardy
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00This case study of the causes of the Thirty Years' War suggests an alternative framework to that of Absolutism, and views statebuilding as an interactive bargaining process that can engender challenges to political authority. It shows how selective court patronage changed the cultural habits of nobles in education, manners, and tastes, but failed to transform religious identities, which were intimately tied to noble interests. Instead, the confessionalization of patronage deepened divisions within the elite, providing multiple incentives for the formation of an anti-Habsburg alliance among Protestants in 1620. more...
Travel Hungaryby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 4.99An illustrated travel guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. Fully illustrated. Historical overviews. Interesting facts. City Attractions. Landmark and Street map, Metro map, and more. Museums address, telephone, hours and admission information. The guide is loaded into the device memory. No network access needed. Easy and fast viewing. Access the guide anytime, anywhere. Use the guide as postcards to show places you visited. Table of Contents. Hungary: Overview | Get in | Get around | Geography | Regions | History | Demographics | Politics | Culture | Music | Cuisine | Buy | Stay Healthy | Respect. Maps: Hungary | Regions of Hungary | Lake Balaton | Transdanubian Medium Mountains. Buda | Pest... more...
Travel Viennaby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 4.99Travel Vienna - illustrated city guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. Fully illustrated. Historical overviews. Interesting facts. Street Map, Metro Map, and more. Museums hours and ticket info. . Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Plan the trip during airplane flight. Add Bookmarks. Text annotation and mark-up. Table of Contents. General: About | Tourism Office | History | Sleep. Maps: City Map | U-Bahn (Metro) | S-Bahn and U-Bahn | Districts | Austria. Phrasebook: About | Viennese German | Pronunciation | Phrase List. Transport: About | Get In | Get Around | U-Bahn (Metro) | S-Bahn | Ringstraße | Airport | Stations | Franz Josef Railway. Attractions: Do... more...
Austria-Hungaryby Eric Roman
Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 85.00This work provides readers with a greater understanding of the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the modern nations - Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic - that emerged as a result of the empire's demise. It includes an historical dictionary of A-Z entries. more...
Dollfussby Johannes Messner; John Zmirak; Dr. Alice von Hildebrand
IHS Press 2003; US$ 12.95Introduced in this book is Englebert Dollfuss, the Austrian hero who plotted a course for Austria against Nazism, against Socialism, and against unbridled capitalism until his assassination by the Nazis in 1934. This is the story of the Austrian chancellor who attempted to act as a moral force to bring a divided, bankrupt, and bitter Europe to its senses. It details how he persuaded people of many different political persuasions to follow and support that policy, not through elegant speeches, worthless programs, and empty promises, but through common sense, good humor, overpowering honesty, and tremendous personal sacrifice. more...
Resistance in Austria, 1938-1945by Radomir V. Luza
University of Minnesota Press 1984; US$ 72.00Europe / Europa, 2by Oleg Subbotin; Ilse Reiter
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2006; US$ 267.00The Constitutional Documents of Austria, Hungary and Lichtenstein are now being published as Volume 2. This volume contains a collection of 39 of the most important constitutional documents of Austria, Hungary and Lichtenstein. The 22 Austrian constitutional texts of the years 1816 to 1849 were edited by the constitutional historian Ilse Reiter. They include the Austrian constitution (Verfassung von Österreich) from 1848 and the Austrian patent of basic rights (Grundrechtspatent von Österreich), published in 1849, in which real basic rights were granted for the first time, under the pressure of liberal public opinion, but at the same time were severely limited by vague definitions. In Hungary eleven constitutional... more...