Forging a Multinational State by John Deak

Forging a Multinational State by John Deak

Forging a Multinational State provides a much-needed history of state-building in central Europe during the long nineteenth century.

"John Deak has produced an excellent study of the Habsburg bureaucracy's state-building project from 1790 to 1914Based on thorough archival research and deep knowledge of the relevant secondary literature, this ambitious and engagingly written volume is a most welcome addition to the literature on the modernizing Monarchy."—Nancy Wingfield, Northern Illinois University "It is not everyone who can turn bureaucrats into the protagonists of an interesting and readable tale. That is, however, exactly what John Deak accomplishes in [this book]. Each chapter begins with an arresting anecdote that Deak then uses to launch an important analytical intervention into our current understanding of Habsburg history."—Alison Frank Johnson, Central European History "John Deak's book makes a major contribution to a growing body of revisionist scholarship on Imperial Austria during the long nineteenth century...Deak offers here a powerful analysis of the results of the continuing processes of state building in Imperial Austria and the government's dynamic relationship with a changing society, which should be considered by anyone interested in comparative processes of political and governmental development in nineteenth-century Western societies."—Gary B. Cohen, Journal of Modern History "Deak's book is a refreshing alternative to an all-too-self-assuring myth of the inevitable decline of the Habsburg dynasty."—Peter Höyng, Journal of Austrian Studies "John Deak's meticulous history of the Austrian bureaucracy from the late eighteenth century until the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 offers a compelling counter-narrative to the standard account of the Habsburg Empire's decline and fall....Deak's book will be of enduring interest to specialists in imperial Austrian history and the history of bureaucracy. Moreover, Deak crafts an engaging historical account with bureaucrats as the protagonists, which is no mean feat. Forging provides a welcome corrective to standard interpretations of the misunderstood Austrian Empire."—Janek Wasserman, Canadian Journal of History "Deak's book will be essential reading for any Habsburg or nineteenth-century European scholar, and it encourages us to confront the ways we have misunderstood the Habsburg experience in the decades before the war."—Rita Krueger, American Historical Review In Forging a Multinational State, Deak courageously presents a coherent narrative history of a challenging subject....Given the sheer complexity and size of his topic, Deak's achievement is remarkable. He argues forcefully in clear, often stylish language for a different appreciation of the accomplishments of the Habsburg monarchy and particularly of the bureaucracy."—Pieter M. Judson, Austrian History Yearbook

John Deak is Assistant Professor of European History at the University of Notre Dame.

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ISBN 13	9780804795579
ISBN 10	0804795576
Title	Forging a Multinational State
Author	John Deak
Series	Stanford Studies On Central And Eastern Europe
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Stanford University Press
Year published	2015-09-23
Number of pages	376
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