Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XI
4. Chapter 1. TOWARD THE UNION OF THE HABSBURG LANDS 1
5. Chapter II. TURKS AND PROTESTANTS (1526-1648) 25
6. Chapter III. AN EMPIRE EVOLVES AND ASSERTS ITSELF (1648-1748) 54
7. Chapter IV. LATE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE AGE IN THE HABSBURG LANDS (1526-1740) 102
8. Chapter V. AN EMPIRE REASSERTS ITSELF (1740-1815) 156
9. Chapter VI. STANDSTILL, DECLINE AND STABILIZATION (1815-1879) 243
10. Chapter VII. CULTURAL TRENDS FROM LATE ENLIGHTENMENT TO LIBERALISM (from mid-eighteenth century to the 1860's) 367
11. Chapter VIII. DECLINE AND DISCORD (1879-1914) 406
12. Chapter IX. WORLD WAR AND DISSOLUTION (1914-1918) 468
13. Chapter X.NEW BEGINNINGS: CULTURAL TRENDS FROM THE 1860's TO 1918 521
14. Chapter XI. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY 565
15. APPENDIX I. Population and nationality statistics 603
16. APPENDIX II. The Austrian Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine rulers from the middle of the 15th century to 1918 609
17. APPENDIX III. Chronology 611
18. APPENDIX IV. Maps 616
19. Index 623