{"product_id":"the-habsburg-empire","title":"The Habsburg Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eEuropeNow\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Pick\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Tim Blanning, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Tony Barber, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e-A. W. Purdue, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Annabelle Chapman, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pieter M. Judson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42818277638205,"sku":"9780674986763","price":44.96,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780674986763_67b2373e-5cf3-4563-b6f5-1222c7c849e6.jpg?v=1766918399","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-habsburg-empire","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}