Austraia

by Gieler, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Austraia / Peter Gieler.

Summary

"Austria has produced some of the world’s finest composers, dazzled us with an imperial Baroque architecture of sweeping theatricality and charm, and led the way with groundbreaking psychoanalysis. It has taught us to waltz, demonstrated what constitutes a real coffee house, and given us one of Europe’s most popular winter playgrounds. All this from one small nation, roughly the size of South Carolina. But it was not always so. Under the Habsburg monarchy its capital, Vienna, was the jewel in the crown of a cosmopolitan European empire that stretched across Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and northern Italy, exercising enormous political and intellectual power. The heirs to this glittering past have had a difficult transition to make over the last century. The collapse of the monarchy and subsequent alliances with Germany, leading to defeat in the two World Wars, drastically reduced Austria’s boundaries, and left a nation still wrestling with its identity. Historically the country was a land of transit along the Danube route, and the meeting of Germanic, Mediterranean, and Eastern European peoples and cultures helped to shape the Austrians of today. Austrians are hardworking and conservative, but live well. They have turned their heritage and culture to good advantage, developed new high-tech industries, established good relationships with their former Communist neighbors to the east as well as their EU partners, and against current global trends have enjoyed a small economic miracle."--Publisher's description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2017

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Kuperard
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

Notes

The essential guide to customs & culture.

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:168 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 18 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781857338676, 1857338677
oclc:on1021847642

Subjects

Austria Austria -- Description and travel Austria -- Guidebooks Austria -- Social life and customs Autriche -- Descriptions et voyages Autrichiens Etiquette Etiquette -- Austria Guidebook Guidebooks Guides touristiques Manners and customs National characteristics, Austrian travel travel guidebooks