Product Description

The best access to Vienna is through its history. This chronologically organized survey of Vienna from its origins to the present does not presuppose any detailed knowledge of Central European history. Accenting cultural, political and social influences, this book covers the following period of development: the Roman settlement; the medieval residences of the Babenbergers and the early Habsburgs; the Turkish sieges, Reformation and Counter Reformation; the culture of the Baroque court; reforms of the Enlightenment; the lifestyle of Viennese Biedermeier; political and cultural transformations in the age of Franz Joseph; interwar Vienna; the Nazi occupation; post-World War II four power occupation; and the development of the city from 1955 until today.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1174758 in Books
• Published on: 1995-08-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 196 pages

About the Author
Inge Lehne PhD was born 1924 in the South Tyrol. She is an author and translator who teaches at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna. Lonnie Johnson PhD was born 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at St John's University and the University of Vienna and worked at the Institute of European Studies, an undergraduate programme, and the Institute for Human Sciences, a centre of advanced study, in Vienna before assuming a position at Austrian Academy Exchange Service.