Victims' State : War and Welfare in Austria, 1868-1925 /

"This book offers the first integrated account about how late Imperial Austria and the First Austrian Republic responded to the needs of soldiers and their families when they faced adverse consequences of soldiering. It surveys the evolving legal and institutional context from the 19th century...

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Main Author: Hsia, Ke-Chin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Government Poverty and Incentive Pensions in the Nineteenth Century
  • The Emergence of the War Welfare Field from Peace to War
  • A Social Offensive on the Home Front
  • The Last-Ditch Effort to Save the Monarchy
  • War Victims, a New Power Factor
  • A Republic with "the Correct National and Social Sensibilities"
  • "The Public's Interest in Invalids Has Waned."