Research Catalog

Title

Hungary and the Habsburgs, 1765-1800 : an experiment in enlightened absolutism / Éva H. Balázs ; translated by Tim Wilkinson.

Author

Balázs, Éva H.

Publication

Budapest : Central European University Press, c1997.

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Details

Description

viii, 429 p.; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

Bécs és Pest-Buda a régi századvégen, 1765-1800. English

Alternative Title

Bécs és Pest-Buda a régi századvégen, 1765-1800.

Subject

• Habsburg, House of
• 1699-1848
• Geschichte 1765-1800
• Austria > Politics and government > 1740-1848
• Hungary > Politics and government > 1699-1848

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-418) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Maria Theresa and the making of Habsburg enlightened absolutism. 1765 : the beginning of a new era -- The theoretical foundations of enlightened political and economic reform in Austria -- The leadership of Austrian enlightened absolutism -- Stirrings in the social structure -- -- Part II. Joseph II and radical reform, the drama of the 1780s. A decade of revolutions -- Joseph II and the strategy for radical modernization -- Reshaping institutions : the case of Hungary -- Society mobilized -- Crisis : the convergence of international and domestic difficulties -- Joseph II and Josephism : a historical balance sheet.

ISBN

• 9639116033 (hbk.)
• 9639116106 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 39254713
• SCSB-12388180

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library