Austria-Hungary & the Successor States: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present

Narrative histories are presented for Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. A 200-page historical dictionary offers descriptions of events, personalities, institutions, and processes, from Austrian socialist Victor Adler to Prince Alfred Windischgratz, the general who suppressed the Hungarian rebellion of 1849. Chronologies for all the countries covered are also included, along with lists of rulers and statesmen and a selection of historical maps.