Crime, Enlightenment, and Punishment : Bureaucratic and Scientific Change in Habsburg Austria, 1750s-1820s.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sander-Faes, Stephan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central-local government relations--Austria--History--18th century.

Central-local government relations.

Central-local government relations--Austria--History--19th century.

Bureaucracy--Austria--History--18th century.

Bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy--Austria--History--19th century.

Enlightenment--Austria.

Enlightenment.

Austria--Politics and government--1740-1848.

Austria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

This book studies the social consequences of bureaucratic and scientific change during the transition to modern states and societies in the Age of Enlightenment, as it explores how the Habsburg Empire deployed new ways and means to integrate existing structures into supra-regional systems of order.

Contents:

Introduction

Lower Austria, centre and periphery

Everyday administrators

The vast domain of bureaucracy

The material culture of the rural poor

The ides of Vormärz

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-036645-7

1-04-036647-3

1-03-272261-4

9781032722610

OCLC:

1510774647

Publisher Number:

CIPO000208752