Table of Contents

Introduction Part I. Habsburg Bureacracy: Inertia versus Reform Part II. Aestheticism at Vienna Part III. Positivism and Impressionism: An Unlikely Symbiosis Part IV. Bohemian Reform Catholicism Part V. The Hungarian Cult of Illusion Part VI. Soothsayers of Modernity Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

William M. Johnston is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Massachusettes, Amherst.

Reviews

"The old Austria, in all its diversity and unity, in its characteristic ambiguity, is impressively demonstrated."--"Journal of European Studies