Walking the Stubai Rucksack Route and the Stubai Glacier Tour
Now in its third edition, this guide describes two multi-
day hut-to-hut tours: the Stubai Rucksack Route and the
more challenging Stubai Glacier Tour, either of which can
be completed in 8-10 days. The guide fully describes both
of these tours and includes a comprehensive hut
directory. The renowned Stubai Alps, in the heartland of
the ......
Situated in the heart of Austria and the Eastern Alps the
Hohe Tauern National Park is the largest in Europe and a
World Conservation Area, taking in the Tirol, Salzburg
and Karnten. The area boasts dramatic valleys headed by
scores of peaks and trekkers are well supported by some
of the best huts in the Alps. The Park is centred on ......
Imperial Celebrations in Habsburg, Austria 1848-1916
This book examines the promotion and reception of the image of Franz Joseph (Habsburg emperor from 1848 to 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 ......
Pietas Austriaca studies the relationship between religious beliefs and practices and Habsburg political culture from the end of the medieval period to the early 20th century. In this seminal work, Anna Coreth examines the ways that Catholic beliefs in the power of the Eucharist, the cross, the Virgin Mary and saints were crucial for the Habsburg ......
The Austrian Experience of Nation-building in a Modern Society
The Ambivalence of Identity examines nation-building in Austria and uses the Austrian experience to explore the conceptual foundations of nationhood. Traditionally, Hapsburg, Austria, has provided the background for these works. In the course of this study it should become clear that Republican Austria is as valuable in understanding national ......
The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War
Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War is a study of the nobility who served in the foreign office prior to World War I. Following the lead of historians who are reexamining pre-industrial elites in England and Germany, Godsey deals with such facets of aristocratic life as education, wealth, ......
Navalism, Industrial Development, and the Politics of Dualism
This detailed study charts the uneven growth of the Austrian navy from its high point following Archduke Ferdinand Max's administration and the War of 1866 to its ultimate dissolution after World War 1. In following this development, Lawrence Sondhaus not only relates the operational aspects of the Habsburg navy but also traces the growth of ......
