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Networking and Career Strategies in Late Habsburg Monarchy and its Successor States: Paths to Power book cover

1st Edition

Networking and Career Strategies in Late Habsburg Monarchy and its Successor States Paths to Power

Edited By Alice Velková Copyright 2026
338 Pages 109 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

338 Pages 109 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This comparative study of elite formation and social mobility in Central and Eastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries focuses on Bohemia and Transylvania as representatives of different administrative systems – Cisleithanian and Transleithanian – within the Habsburg Monarchy. Through 20 richly contextualized microhistorical case studies, the book illustrates the changing roles... Read more

Part 1: Introduction

Social Mobility in East-Central Europe from the Late 18th to Early 20th Century: A Brief Overview
Alice Velková

Part 2: Career Patterns Rooted in the Pre-March

1. Senior State Official and Deputy Alexandru Bohățel (1816–1897)
Anna Victoria Sima

2. Senior State Official and Deputy Ferdinand Conrad Johann Voith von Sterbez (1813–1882)
Věra Slováková

3. Senior State Official and Deputy Ilie Măcelariu (1822–1891)
Vlad Popovici

4. Deputies Anton Julius Gschier (1814–1874) and Gustav Anton Gschier (1852–1916)
Martin Klečacký

5. Deputy Karl Andreas Fabritius (1826–1881)
Georgi D. Lutz

6. Senior State Official Gábor Daniel (1824–1915)
Judit Pál

Part 3: On the Road to the Career Ladder

7. Senior State Official Maxmilian Obentraut (1795–1883) and Senior State Official and Deputy Adolf Obentraut (1833–1909)
Martin Klečacký

8. Deputies Julius Grégr (1831–1896) and Eduard Grégr (1827–1907)
Alice Velková and Luboš Velek

9. Deputy Josef Viktorin Krofta (1845–1892)
Alice Velková

10. Deputy Ion Ciocan (1850–1915)
Ovidiu-Emil Iudean

11. Deputy Soma Fenyvesi (1868–1914)
Judit Pál

12. Senior State Officials Alois Pelc (1856–1932) and Hynek Pelc (1844–1915)
Alice Velková and Hana Sedláčková

13. Senior State Official Solomon Haliță (1859–1926)
Vlad Popovici

Part 4: Career and Regime Change

14. Senior State Officials Karl Janka (1839–1917) and Friedrich Janka (1878–1957)
Věra Slováková

15. Deputy Karel Kramář (1860–1937)
Luboš Velek

16. Deputies and Senior State Officials Alexandru Lapedatu (1876–1950) and Ion Lapedatu (1876–1951)
Daniela Mârza

17. Senior State Official František Vaniš (1861–1930)
Martin Klečacký

18. Senior State Official and Deputy Aurel Vlad (1875–1953)
Marius Eppel

19. Senior State Official and Deputy Petru Meteș (1883–1946)
Andrei Florin Sora

20. Deputy Betty Karpíšková (1881–1942)
Alice Velková

Biography

Alice Velková is Associate Professor in the Department of Demography and Geodemography, Faculty of Science at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. She is the coeditor of Climbing Up the Social Ladder: Social Mobility of Elites in East-Central Europe in the Long 19th Century (2024).

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