![]() ![]() ![]() Refreshingly, his book also challenges lasting presumptions about differences between Europe east and west, backward and developed, ethnic and civic. Judson rejects conventional depictions of the Habsburg empire as a hopelessly dysfunctional assemblage of squabbling nationalities and stresses its achievements in law, administration, science and the arts.- () subtly argued work of deep scholarship.A nuanced scholarly reappraisal of a significant European empire.-Kirkus Reviews () Judson's reflections on nations, states and institutions are of broader interest, not least in the current debate on the future of the European Union after Brexit. ![]() Lucid, elegant, full of surprising and illuminating details, it can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in modern European history.- () This is an engaging reappraisal of the empire whose legacy, a century after its collapse in 1918, still resonates across the nation-states that replaced it in central Europe. If his account of Habsburg achievements, especially in the 18th century, is rather starry-eyed, it is a welcome corrective to the black legend usually presented. Purdue"Times Higher Education" () Pieter M. Indispensable to any serious library.-Simon Heffer"Daily Telegraph" () Spectacularly revisionist.Judson argues that.the empire was a force for progress and modernity.This is a bold and refreshing book.Judson does much to destroy the picture of an ossified regime and state.-A. ![]()
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