The Pomp and Politics of Patriotism: Imperial Celebrations in Habsburg Austria, 1848-1916 (Central European Studies)
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Manufacturer: Purdue University Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 943.6044
EAN: 9781557534002
ISBN: 1557534004
Label: Purdue University Press
Manufacturer: Purdue University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 263
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Studio: Purdue University Press
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This book examines the promotion and reception of the image of Franz Joseph (Habsburg emperor from 1848- 1916) as a symbol of common identity in the Austrian half of the Habsburg Monarchy (Cisleithania). In the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century the promotion of the cult of the emperor encouraged a Cisleithania-wide culture of imperial celebration.
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Summary: Brilliant Book From a Brilliant Professor
Comment: Professor Unowsky has written a very interesting book about this time in history. I am very proud to be reading this exciting book. Further, I am very proud that he is one of my professors as he is a very brilliant man and a really top-notch professor!!!
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Summary: Imagining Austria
Comment: The world of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the long dead country of the Emperor Franz Joseph I now seems utterly mysterious. It is frozen in incomprehensible pageantry, strange rituals, 'kiss your hand dear lady', svelte uniforms (before WWI it was once voted the best dressed army in Europe.) This was the mysterious past so lovingly evoked by the movie The Illusionist.
But here is serious and scholarly book that explains the inner workings of this lost world. Daniel Unowsky is a professor at the University of Memphis who writes with verve, deep knowledge, and flashes of wry humour. This book should be read by everyone with an interest in Austria.
Unowsky understands the importance of ceremony and symbols in Austria-Hunagary. The centre of all this activity was the Emperor himself, the guarantee of stability, the model of a dutiful first servant of his people. This adulation was not accidental and in a riveting chapter 'Consuming the Emperor', he shows how the artless patriotism was in fact controlled and manipulated to achieve 'patriotic' ends.
This book is a must if you want to understand the reality behind the last years of the Habsburg Empire
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