{"product_id":"aristocratic-redoubt-william-d-godsey-9781557531407","title":"Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War","description":"\u003ci\u003eAristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the nobility who served in the foreign office prior to World War I. Following the lead of historians who are reexamining pre-industrial elites in England and Germany, Godsey deals with such facets of aristocratic life as education, wealth, religion, and ethnicity. He contends that although the pre-war aristocracy has been stereotyped as frivolous and decadent, the Austro-Hungarian nobility, and thus the monarchy, in fact had great staying power. This work is a social history of the bureaucracy of the Ballhausplatz primarily in the decade leading up to 1914, though it provides a thorough overview of the service during the entire Dualist period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William D. Godsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557531404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557531407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purdue University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.74w x 0.78d","brand":"William D. Godsey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175433253119,"sku":"9781557531407","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d261182-8b01-47cc-b62f-bfad37d28a26.jpg?v=1771333706","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristocratic-redoubt-william-d-godsey-9781557531407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}