Tropics of Vienna: Colonial Utopias of the Habsburg Empire
Tropics of Vienna: Colonial Utopias of the Habsburg Empire
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Just the Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies Vol. 19   

Series and Publisher: Austrian and Habsburg Studies   

Annotation: The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. ... more
 
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Catalog Number: #315428
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2016
Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 05/01/16
ISBN: 1-7853-3132-9
ISBN 13: 978-1-7853-3132-9
Dewey: 830
Language: English
Reading Level: 9.0
Interest Level: 9+

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.


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