Political Radicalism in Late Imperial Vienna: Origins of the Christian Social Movement, 1848-1897John Boyer offers a meticulously researched examination of the social and political atmosphere of late imperial Vienna. He traces the demise of Vienna's liberal culture and the burgeoning of a new radicalism, exemplified by the rise of Karl Lueger and the Christian Socialist Party during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This important study paves the way for new readings of fin de siecle Viennese politics and their broader European significance. "Offers a comprehensive, multicausal study of the rise of Christian Socialism in Vienna, that phenomenon which was experienced nowhere else in urban Central Europe and which culminated in the famous clash between the Austrian establishment and the colourful, domineering lead of the movement, Karl, Lueger."—R.J.W. Evans, History "Boyer's analysis is masterful in terms of research, exposition, and organization. His use of available economic data is judicious, and his sense of the social structure of late nineteenth-century Vienna is formidable."—William A. Jenks, American Historical Review "To understand Viennese and even imperial politics in the latter half of the nineteenth century, Boyer's book is absolutely essential.""—Robert Wegs, Review of Politics |
Contents
The Viennese Artisans and the Origins of Political | 40 |
Antisemitism 188090 40 | 90 |
The Radical Clergy | 122 |
Karl Lueger and the Radicalization of Viennese | 184 |
The Collapse of the Liberals and the Antisemitic | 316 |
Conclusion | 411 |
Notes | 427 |
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Common terms and phrases
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