Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918)

Keith Hitchins

doi:10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe348

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918)

Keith Hitchins

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Austria‐Hungary came into being as the result of a compromise between the Habsburg dynasty and the German Austrians, on the one side, and the Magyar political elite in Hungary, on the other. Together, up to the end of World War I, they determined its fortunes, keeping the other sizable nationalities, notably the Slavs (Czechs, Croats, Slovaks, Slovenes, and Serbs) and the Romanians, subordinate to the two “peoples of state.” Despite differences between the two partners in Dualism and recurring crises over franchise reform and the nationality problem, the empire remained a significant force in European international relations. Its collapse was by no means inevitable. Rather, it dissolved in 1918 under the extreme pressures of World War I.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Empire
Editors	Nigel Dalziel, John M MacKenzie
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Pages	1-7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118455074
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe348
State	Published - Jan 11 2016

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Balkans
international relations
nationalism

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