In 1930, on 1 September, 100,000 workers, employed and unemployed, marched through Budapest under the slogan 'Work and Bread!'. Many were injured and one person was killed as the police used swords and, at one point, fired into the crowd. This study sketches the political history of the Hungarian labour movement from the late 19th century to the 1920s and the build-up to the 1930 protest, Hungary's largest in the inter-war period. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts and recollections of p...
Renowned academics compare major features of imperial rule in the 19th century, reflecting a significant shift away from nationalism and toward empires in the studies of state building. The book responds to the current interest in multi-unit formations, such as the European Union and the expanded outreach of the United States. National historical narratives have systematically marginalized imperial dimensions, yet empires play an important role. This book examines the methods discerned in the cr...
..Dein Und Mein Gedaechtnis Ein Weltall (Austrian Culture, #29)
by W. Bryan Kirby
Karl Lueger and the Twilight of Imperial Vienna (Athol Book German-Irish collection, Vol 10)
by Franz Stauracz, etc., and Et Al
Deak Ferencz Beszedei (6); Kot. 1868-1873
by Ferencz De K and Ferencz Deak
Wirtschaftsfoerderung Durch Zentralstaatliche Bildungsmassnahmen Im Vielvoelkerstaat Oesterreich
by Josef Schermaier
Erfahrungen der ersten Weltausstellungen machten die relative wirtschaftliche Ruckstandigkeit Osterreichs gegenuber den westeuropaischen Staaten England und Frankreich offenkundig. Dies veranlasste die Regierung, nach dem Muster auslandischer Vorbilder Zentralanstalten zu errichten. 1875 wurde vom Unterrichtsministerium ein Organisations- und Ausbaukonzept fur Staatsgewerbeschulen vorgelegt. Sie sollten als gewerbliche Bildungszentren in den verschiedenen Regionen des Reiches zur Verbesserung de...
Die Wilhelmstrasse Und Der Anschluss Oesterreichs 1918-1933 (Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie, #3)
by Niklaus Von Preradovich
The Roman province of Noricum occupied most of Austria as well as parts of Italy, Germany and the Balkans. Noricum, first published in 1974, presents a comprehensive history of Noricum, from 400 BC to the end of Roman rule in AD 600. Professor Alfoeldy's account is predicated on the methodical interpretation of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources, and emphasises the problems of demography and socio-economic history. The chapters are arranged chronologically, ensuring a sense of the...
History of the Turán Medium and Heavy Tanks in World War II (In Combat)
by Peter Mujzer
The Hungarian Army made serious efforts to build up an independent, national war industry, which able to supply the Army with modern armaments and equipment during the war. Among the modern weaponry, the armoured vehicles were the top priority beside the aircrafts for the Hungarian chief of staff. The current war proved that the air force and the mechanised/armoured troops are the decisive tools of winning the war.
An important addition to the Profiles in Power series, this critical biography looks at Franklin D. Roosevelt, the most dominant US politician of the 1930s and 1940s. Roosevelt led the United States through the two great crises of depression and the Second World War, making him one of the key figures of the twentieth century.
One woman’s journey to find the lost love her grandfather left behind when he fled pre-World War II Europe, and an exploration into family identity, myth, and memory. Years after her grandfather’s death, journalist Sarah Wildman stumbled upon a cache of his letters in a file labeled “Correspondence: Patients A–G.” What she found inside weren’t dry medical histories; instead what was written opened a path into the destroyed world that was her family’s prewar Vienna. One woman’s letters stood out...
Based on interviews and a broad array of sources from Russian and Austrian archives, this collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet occupation of Austria from 1945 to 1955. The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including the Soviet Secret Services, the military kommandaturas, Soviet occupation policies and the withdrawal of troops in 1955, everyday life, the image of "the Russians," violence against women, arrests, deportations, and Soviet aid provisions.
Visiting scientists from German-speaking Europe made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of scientific knowledge about New Zealand in the period prior to 1900. Probably the most important individual among them was the geologist Ferdinand Hochstetter (1829-1884), who came to New Zealand in December 1858 with the Austrian Novara expedition (1857-1859) and spent nine months conducting pioneering geological fieldwork in various parts of the country. This volume brings together a series of...