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3 books match the query 'Habsburg Monarchy'

cover of Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy

Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy

Oscar Jaszi

University of Chicago Press, 1929

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cover of Divide, Provide and Rule: An Integrative History of Poverty Policy, Social Reform, and Social Policy in Hungary under the Habsburg Monarchy

Divide, Provide and Rule

An Integrative History of Poverty Policy, Social Reform, and Social Policy in Hungary under the Habsburg Monarchy

Susan Zimmermann

Central European University Press, 2011

A concise and comprehensive account of the transformation of social policy from traditional poor relief towards social insurance systems in a European state before World War One. Brings together the analysis of older, mostly local welfare policies with the history of social policy developed by the state and operated at a national level. Explores also the interaction of various layers of and actors in welfare policy, i.e. of poor relief, social reform policies and the unfolding welfare state over time, including often neglected elements of these policies such as e.g. protective policies at the work place, housing policy, child protection, and prostitution policies.
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cover of The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918: A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809-1918

A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary

A. J. P. Taylor

University of Chicago Press, 1976

First published in 1941, The Habsburg Monarchy has become indispensable to students of nineteenth-century European history. Not only a chronological report of actions and changes, Taylor's work is a provocative exploration into the historical process of the most eventful hundred years of the Habsburg monarchy.
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