Political Radicalism in Late Imperial Vienna : Origins of the Christian Social Movement, 1848-1897

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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