Austrian Lives

Author : Günter Bischof
Publisher : University of New Orleans Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1608010929

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Austrian Lives (Contemporary Austrian Studies, Vol 21) by Günter Bischof Pdf

This volume of Contemporary Austrian Studies offers a cross-section of Austrian lives and biographical approaches to recent Austrian history. We also suggest that the intellectual biographies of thinkers and professionals are fertile soil for biographical study. Moreover, the prosopographical study of common folks in the Austrian population lifts these lives from the dark matter of anonymous masses and gives rich insight into the lives that ordinary Austrians have been leading.

Author : Josef Fraenkel
Publisher : London : Vallentine, Mitchell
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4562698

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The Jews of Austria by Josef Fraenkel Pdf

Book contains extracts from memoirs, essays on the contributions of Jews to Austrian civilization and on the rise of political antisemitism in Austria.

Author : Hillary Hope Herzog
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857451828

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Vienna Is Different by Hillary Hope Herzog Pdf

Assessing the impact of fin-de-siècle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century. It examines how Vienna, the city that stood at the center of Jewish life in the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian nation, assumed a special significance in the imaginations of Jewish writers as a space and an idea. The author focuses on the special relationship between Austrian-Jewish writers and the city to reveal a century-long pattern of living in tension with the city, experiencing simultaneously acceptance and exclusion, feeling “unheimlich heimisch” (eerily at home) in Vienna.

Author : Mark & Niki Kalpakgian
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Austria
ISBN : 1507565496

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Stars, Stripes and Edelweiss by Mark & Niki Kalpakgian Pdf

When Americans Mark and Niki Kalpakgian move their family to small-town Austria, they realize this country has much more to offer than "The Sound of Music" and apple strudel. Everyday activities take on a spirit of adventure as they maneuver through language barriers, societal differences and colorful characters. From the trash police to braving a local spa and confronting the spooky Krampus at Christmastime, these real-life stories launch readers into Austrian culture complete with new traditions and customs. This delightful memoir collection of stories covering over five years of life abroad brings together the joys, challenges and rewards to be found in the middle of Europe. By undertaking this journey, readers are challenged to examine life through a different lens and explore new ways of approaching the world.

Author : Carl E. Schorske
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307814517

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Fin-De-Siecle Vienna by Carl E. Schorske Pdf

A Pulitzer Prize Winner and landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time: a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born. "Not only is it a splendid exploration of several aspects of early modernism in their political context; it is an indicator of how the discipline of intellectual history is currently practiced by its most able and ambitious craftsmen. It is also a moving vindication of historical study itself, in the face of modernism's defiant suggestion that history is obsolete." -- David A. Hollinger, History Book Club Review "Each of [the seven separate studies] can be read separately....Yet they are so artfully designed and integrated that one who reads them in order is impressed by the book's wholeness and the momentum of its argument." -- Gordon A. Craig, The New Republic "A profound work...on one of the most important chapters of modern intellectual history" -- H.R. Trevor-Roper, front page, The New York Times Book Review "Invaluable to the social and political historian...as well as to those more concerned with the arts" -- John Willett, The New York Review of Books "A work of original synthesis and scholarship. Engrossing." -- Newsweek

Author : Mitzi Hartmann (pseud.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Anschluss movement, 1918-1938
ISBN : WISC:89097010557

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Austria Still Lives by Mitzi Hartmann (pseud.) Pdf

Author : Susanne Cohen-Weisz
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789633860809

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Jewish Life in Austria and Germany Since 1945 by Susanne Cohen-Weisz Pdf

Based on published primary and secondary materials and oral interviews with some eighty communal and organizational leaders, experts and scholars, this book provides a comparative account of the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in both Germany and in Austria (where 98% live in the capital, Vienna) after 1945. The author explains the process of reconstruction over the next six decades, and its results in each country. The monograph focuses on the variety of prevailing perceptions about topics such as: the state of Israel, one’s relationship to the country of residence, the Jewish religion, the aftermath of the Holocaust, and the influx of post-soviet immigrants. Cohen-Weisz examines the changes in Jewish group identity and its impact on the development of communities. The study analyzes the similarities and differences in regard to the political, social, institutional and identity developments within the two countries, and their changing attitudes and relationships with surrounding societies; it seeks to show the evolution of these two country’s Jewish communities in diverse national political circumstances and varying post-war governmental policies.

Author : Ulrich E. Bach
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785331329

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Tropics of Vienna by Ulrich E. Bach Pdf

The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. It nevertheless oversaw a multinational federation where the capital of Vienna was unmistakably linked with its eastern periphery in a quasi-colonial arrangement that inevitably shaped the cultural and intellectual life of the Habsburg Empire. This was particularly evident in the era’s colonial utopian writing, and Tropics of Vienna blends literary criticism, cultural theory, and historical analysis to illuminate this curious genre. By analyzing the works of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Theodor Herzl, Joseph Roth, and other representative Austrian writers, it reveals a shared longing for alternative social and spatial configurations beyond the concept of the “nation-state” prevalent at the time.

Author : Peter Branscombe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Austria
ISBN : 0847660060

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Austrian Life and Literature, 1780-1938 by Peter Branscombe Pdf

Author : Francis H. E. Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Austria
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1G6M

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Austro-Hungarian Life in Town and Country by Francis H. E. Palmer Pdf

Author : Arthur Egbuniwe,Ayodele-Mike Uzama
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412212595

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Cry of the Unwanted "Living in Austria" by Arthur Egbuniwe,Ayodele-Mike Uzama Pdf

Life in present day Austria (A Short History of Africans in Austria).

Author : Éva Fodor
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822384489

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Working Difference by Éva Fodor Pdf

Working Difference is one of the first comparative, historical studies of women's professional access to public institutions in a state socialist and a capitalist society. Éva Fodor examines women's inclusion in and exclusion from positions of authority in Austria and Hungary in the latter half of the twentieth century. Until the end of World War II women's lives in the two countries, which were once part of the same empire, followed similar paths, which only began to diverge after the communist takeover in Hungary in the late 1940s. Fodor takes advantage of Austria and Hungary's common history to carefully examine the effects of state socialism and the differing trajectories to social mobility and authority available to women in each country. Fodor brings qualitative and quantitative analyses to bear, combining statistical analyses of survey data, interviews with women managers in both countries, and archival materials including those from the previously classified archives of the Hungarian communist party and transcripts from sessions of the Austrian Parliament. She shows how women's access to power varied in degree and operated through different principles and mechanisms in accordance with the stratification systems of the respective countries. In Hungary women's mobility was curtailed by political means (often involving limited access to communist party membership), while in Austria women's professional advancement was affected by limited access to educational institutions and the labor market. Fodor discusses the legacies of Austria's and Hungary's "gender regimes" following the demise of state socialism and during the process of integration into the European Union.

Author : Günter Bischof,Fritz Plasser
Publisher : University of New Orleans Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1608010090

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Schussel Era In Austria (Contemporary Austrian Studies, Vol 18) by Günter Bischof,Fritz Plasser Pdf

The essays in this volume argue that Schussel's political record and legacy are ambiguous. With a confrontational style of governance he unleashed big reforms -- he was a superb tactician and negotiator and yet failed to transport a larger political vision to the Austrian electorate. His imprint on Austrian history is so significant that many of the authors of the essays in this volume call it the Schussel era.

Author : Maria Rosa
Publisher : Maria Rosa
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780996035910

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To Hell and Back by Maria Rosa Pdf

To Hell and Back: The Life Story of an Austrian World War II Survivor is a unique, one-of-a-kind memoir. Author Maria Rosa takes us on a journey through time and history as she tells the true-to-life story of her harrowing first-person experiences before, during, and after World War 2. Her adventures span the globe as Maria describes life as a little girl, a student, a young lady, a mother, and finally as a grandmother. Emotionally-charged drama alternates with historical narrative and comical anecdotes in Maria's extraordinary and entertaining narrative. Topics include: World War II The Anschluss or Nazi takeover of Austria Relations between Jews and Gentiles A child's view of the Holocaust Salzburg, the City of Mozart Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" retreat Historic castles and cathedrals The importance of women's education International travel adventures An encounter with Manhattan Freemasons Motherhood and family An abusive marriage The Cuban Missile Crisis The Assassination of JFK The Apollo Moon Landing The Vietnam War Two major California earthquakes The fall of the Berlin Wall The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library ...and much more! Compelling and educational, this eye-opening book is a must-read for all ages!

Author : James Bogle,Joanna Bogle
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0852441738

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A Heart for Europe by James Bogle,Joanna Bogle Pdf