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...Ruth Friedrich Copyright © 1946 by Duke University Press 1946 THE AUSTRIAN MARRIAGE AND THE FALL OF NAPOLEON RUTH FRIEDRICH BROODING over his vanished splendor, Napoleon, vegetating on St. Helena, commented bitterly, It was the Austrian mar­ riage that ruined me. How could I believe...

...Alfred Werner Copyright © 1952 by Duke University Press 1952 AUSTRIAN ART Alfred 'Werner WO YEARS AGO, when the Art Treasures from the Vienna JL Collections were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum, I showed an American-born friend through this wealth of paintings, ornamental objects, arms...

... that early neoliberal thinkers mobilized a racialized argument against economic planning, which they depicted as a threat from “the East” and a regression to a “primitive” pre-capitalist, egalitarian morality. Against this neoliberal argument, I retrieve the Austrian philosopher Otto Neurath’s argument...

... an insufferable economic drain for the new Austrian Republic. The latter s meager resources could not meet the insatiable demands of a capital city which contained almost a third of the entire national population of less than seven million. As a result, Austria s post­ war Socialist government struggled manfully...

...S. W. Gould Copyright © 1945 by Duke University Press 1945 AUSTRIA S ECONOMIC FUTURE S. W. GOULD URING THE PAST YEAR Washington, London, and Mos­ cow have committed themselves to the restoration of Austrian independence, extinguished in March, 1938, by the invasion of Hitler s legions...

...Henry Cord Meyer Copyright © 1945 by Duke University Press 1945 AUSTRIA S ECONOMIC FUTURE* HENRY CORD MEYER THE CLERICAL fascism imposed by Chancellor Dollfuss and his Christian Social party after the destruction of the Austrian Republic in 1933-1934 was of an indigenous variety, and sought...

... von Bismarck, who in 1862 was called to the direction of the Prussian Government by King William I. Bismarck s plan to bring about the political unification of his coun­ try necessitated the expulsion of the Austrians from German soil. Since Italy, too, was aiming to rid her territory of the Austrians...

... lived in the city until the very outbreak of the war and who has ever since remained in as close touch with his former compa­ triots as possible. There is no lack of information: letters received directly from Vienna, Austrian newspapers that arrived in New York, bulletins published in this country...

... disastrous results. But Kossuth s antidynastic acts ruined his revolution. Many Magyars who wanted reforms and changes desired to see them effected under the auspices of the royal house. They realized that without the Austrian connection Hungary did not amount to much in Europe. This fact became evident when...

... are (a) that Mettemich worked for a neutralized German confederation, and (b) that he wanted to save Napoleon, all because he saw an independent Rheinbund and a strong France as essential to an enduring European power balance. The author denies that the Austrian minister worked to undermine Napoleon, or that he...

... on the pretext that Sardinia might attack his country while his troops were fighting in Crimea. Besides, he did not wish to appear too un­ grateful to the Czar, who in 1849 had helped the Emperor to sup­ press the Hungarian insurrection. Though the Austrian Emperor did not definitely decline the invitation...

.... His theses are (a) that Mettemich worked for a neutralized German confederation, and (b) that he wanted to save Napoleon, all because he saw an independent Rheinbund and a strong France as essential to an enduring European power balance. The author denies that the Austrian minister worked to undermine...

... dark for a time. But the Hungarian Count Andrassy,the judicious Austrian foreign minister, had swallowed his pride and concluded an alliance with his country s successful enemy and with the recently established Kingdom of Italy, as a result of which he secured Bismarck s sup­ port for his project...

..., and to seek the hand of a princess of one of the ancient imperial families of Europe. Balked in his efforts to secure a sister of the Tsar Alexander, he turned suddenly to the Austrian Hapsburgs and in February, 1810, signed a contract for mar­ riage with the Archduchess Marie Louise, daughter of the Emperor...

... Bulgaria, with­ out nobility or even capitalists, and Austria proper, which was fed­ eral and allowed considerable latitude to a wide range of races and creeds. It was democratic enough to be chaotic in parliamentary poli­ tics, and army discipline was lax enough to be laughable. The con­ flicting Austrian...

... of common interest. The Austrian represent­ ative presided in both and had a vote in each. A majority was suffi­ cient to carry a measure in the ordinary assembly; a two-thirds majority was required in the general. Although not expressly stated, unanimity was necessary in some fundamental matters...

... could not have won on land with­ out the imperial Austrian troops, and the latter could make no head­ way against France when the English and Dutch dropped out. Simi­ larly, Napoleon defeated every three-power coalition that came against him; it took all four major powers (England, Russia, Prussia...

... of Hungary had been crushed by the Austrian Empire of the Hapsburgs with the aid of Czarist Russia. Louis Kossuth, self-styled Governor of Hungary, had fled to Turkey with several of his fellow-revolutionaries follow­ ing the collapse of the Hungarian independence movement. Mem­ bers of Congress...

.... In 1802 Gentz left Berlin and entered the Austrian service as political consultant and adviser. From Austria he continued his per­ sonal campaign against the monster, Napoleon. Believing the mass of people to be sluggish, incapable, stupid, and foolish, Gentz tried to arouse the governing classes...

...Paul Emerson Titsworth Copyright © 1913 by Duke University Press 1913 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Paul Emerson Titsworth Professor of Modem languages in Alfred University, New York In the front rank of women writers using the German tongue stands the Austrian baroness, Marie von Ebner...