{"product_id":"combating-the-hydra-stephan-steiner-9781612498041","title":"Combating the Hydra: Violence and Resistance in the Habsburg Empire, 1500-1900","description":"\u003ci\u003eCombating the Hydra\u003c\/i\u003e explores structural as well as occasion-specific state violence committed by the early modern Habsburg Empire. The book depicts and analyzes attacks on marginalized people \"maladjusted\" of all sorts, women \"of ill repute,\" \"heretic\" Protestants, and \"Gypsies.\" Previously uncharted archival records reveal the use of arbitrary imprisonment, coerced labor, and deportation. The case studies presented provide insights into the origins of modern state power from varied techniques of population control, but are also an investigation of resistance against oppression, persecution, and life-threatening assaults. The spectrum of fights against debasement is a touching attestation of the humanity of the outcasts; they range from mental and emotional perseverance to counterviolence. A conversation with the eminent historian Carlo Ginzburg concludes the collection by asking about the importance of memorizing horrors of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephan Steiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612498043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612498041\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 02\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Stephan Steiner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073033531647,"sku":"9781612498041","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_167eae42-0217-4b7f-a6dd-c5a7ca852b8c.jpg?v=1685445408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/combating-the-hydra-stephan-steiner-9781612498041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}