The crossroads of civilization : a history of Vienna / Angus Robertson.
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TextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth editionDescription: xii, 448 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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- 1639361952
- 9781639361953
- Vienna, the international capital
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"From the Congress of Vienna to the Austria World Summit, the city of Vienna has hosted key meetings on peace to climate action. This is a first-class book about Vienna as the crossroads of civilization and as the international capital." --Arnold Schwarzenegger
"A pleasure to read and a journey of discovery even for those who know this city well."--Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen
"Vienna's global standing in history, culture, and groundbreaking social policy is wonderfully captured in this book."--Vienna Mayor and Governor Michael Ludwig
A rich and illuminating history of the world capital that has transformed art, culture, and politics.
Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe in the wake of Napoleon's downfall, to bridge-building summits during the Cold War, Vienna has been the scene of key moments in world history.
Scores of pivotal figures were influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy, and many others. In a city of great composers, artists, and thinkers, it is here that both the most positive and destructive ideas of recent history have developed.
From its time as the capital of an imperial superpower, through war, dissolution, dictatorship to democracy Vienna has reinvented itself and its relevance to the rest of the world.
First published as 'Vienna the international capital' in 2021 by Birlinn.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-424) and index.
"A rich and illuminating history of the world capital that has transformed art, culture, and politics. Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe in the wake of Napoleon's downfall, to bridge-building summits during the Cold War, Vienna has been the scene of key moments in world history. Scores of pivotal figures were influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy, and many others. In a city of great composers, artists, and thinkers, it is here that both the most positive and destructive ideas of recent history have developed. From its time as the capital of an imperial superpower, through war, dissolution, dictatorship to democracy Vienna has reinvented itself and its relevance to the rest of the world"--Page [2] of cover.