{"product_id":"9780674986763","title":"The Habsburg Empire : A New History by Pieter M. Judson","description":"A EuropeNow Editor's PickA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\"Pieter M. Judson's book informs and stimulates. If his account of Habsburg achievements, especially in the 18th century, is rather starry-eyed, it is a welcome corrective to the black legend usually presented. Lucid, elegant, full of surprising and illuminating details, it can be warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in modern European history.\"-Tim Blanning, Wall Street Journal\"This is an engaging reappraisal of the empire whose legacy, a century after its collapse in 1918, still resonates across the nation-states that replaced it in central Europe. Judson rejects conventional depictions of the Habsburg empire as a hopelessly dysfunctional assemblage of squabbling nationalities and stresses its achievements in law, administration, science and the arts.\"-Tony Barber, Financial Times\"Spectacularly revisionist. Judson argues that.the empire was a force for progress and modernity. This is a bold and refreshing book. Judson does much to destroy the picture of an ossified regime and state.\"-A. W. Purdue, Times Higher Education\"Judson's reflections on nations, states and institutions are of broader interest, not least in the current debate on the future of the European Union after Brexit.\"-Annabelle Chapman, Prospect\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56293052318069,"sku":"9780674737884","price":23.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780674986763.jpg?v=1762754288","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780674986763","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}