Embers of Empire: Continuity and Rupture in the Habsburg Successor States after 1918

The fall of the Habsburg Monarchy after World War I led to a period of radical change in East-Central European political structures and national identities. This collection explores the complexities of the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor states, highlighting the persistence and effectiveness of imperial institutions and the sources of instability in the newly formed nation-states.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 366 pages
Publication date: 12 November 2021
Publisher: Berghahn Books

The fall of the Habsburg Monarchy at the conclusion of World War I marked a significant period of transformation for East-Central European political structures and national identities. However, this altered landscape, despite its drastic changes, could not entirely shake off the legacy of its imperial past. By challenging the conventional narrative that treats 1918 as a definitive dividing line, this collection delves into the intricate complexities that characterized the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor states. Through this lens, it offers fresh and nuanced perspectives on the enduring power and influence of imperial institutions, as well as the underlying factors that contributed to instability in the newly formed nation-states.

The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I ushered in a period of radical change for East-Central European political structures and national identities. Yet this transformed landscape inevitably still bore the traces of its imperial past. Breaking with traditional histories that take 1918 as a strict line of demarcation, this collection focuses on the complexities that attended the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor states. In so doing, it produces new and more nuanced insights into the persistence and effectiveness of imperial institutions, as well as the sources of instability in the newly formed nation-states.

The fall of the Habsburg Monarchy at the conclusion of World War I marked a significant period of transformation for East-Central European political structures and national identities. However, this altered landscape, despite its drastic changes, could not entirely shake off the legacy of its imperial past. By challenging the conventional narrative that treats 1918 as a definitive dividing line, this collection delves into the intricate complexities that characterized the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor states. Through this lens, it offers fresh and nuanced perspectives on the enduring power and influence of imperial institutions, as well as the underlying factors that contributed to instability in the newly formed nation-states.

The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I marked a significant period of transformation for East-Central European political structures and national identities. Yet this transformed landscape, despite its drastic changes, could not entirely shake off the legacy of its imperial past. By challenging the conventional narrative that treats 1918 as a definitive dividing line, this collection delves into the intricate complexities that characterized the transition from the Habsburg Empire to its successor states. In so doing, it offers fresh and nuanced perspectives on the enduring power and influence of imperial institutions, as well as the underlying factors that contributed to instability in the newly formed nation-states.

Weight: 506g
Dimension: 172 x 322 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800732124