| Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War I Contributor(s): Healy, Maureen (Author), Winter, Jay (Editor), Kennedy, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521831245 ISBN-13: 9780521831246 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2004 Annotation: Maureen Healy traces the fall of the Habsburg Empire during World War I from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city. She argues that the home front in Europe's first "total war" was marked by civilian conflict in streets, shops, schools, entertainment venues and apartment buildings. While Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, women, children, and "left at home" men waged a protracted, socially devastating war against one another. The book will appeal to those interested in modern Europe and the history of the Great War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Austria & Hungary |
| Dewey: 943.613 |
| LCCN: 2003063548 |
| Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.98" W x 9.22" (1.55 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Maureen Healy traces the fall of the Habsburg Empire during World War I from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city. She argues that the home front in Europe's first total war was marked by civilian conflict in streets, shops, schools, entertainment venues and apartment buildings. While Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, women, children, and left at home men waged a protracted, socially devastating war against one another. The book will appeal to those interested in modern Europe and the history of the Great War. |
Contributor Bio(s): Healy, Maureen: - MAUREEN HEALY is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Oregon State University. She was the winner of the Fraenkel Prize from the Wiener Library and Institute of Contemporary History, London, 2000. |