1st Edition
The Habsburg Garrison Complex in Trebinje A Lost World
By Cathie Carmichael
Copyright 2024
296 Pages
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Central European University Press
Following the imposition of Habsburg rule on Ottoman Bosnia in 1878, a new garrison was constructed in the old citadel of Trebinje. By using a micro-historical approach, this innovative book tells the story of the garrison in times of peace and war, describing the way in which the Austro-Hungarian administration rapidly transformed Trebinje into a tree-lined city dominated by the army.
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Acknowledgments, A Note on Language, List of Figures, Brief Chronology, Prologue: The Long Gaze of Reinhold Oeser Chapter One: Place and People Introduction Mountains, Settlements, and the TrebiŠnjica Catholics, Muslims, and Orthodox Chapter Two: The Turbulent 1870s The Collapse of Ottoman Power, 1875-1878 The Arrival of Habsburg Troops Chapter Three: Creating the Trebinje Garrison Complex The Vision and Drive of Djuro Babi?and Anton Galgóczy Reluctant Soldiers: Uprisings against Conscription in 1881-1882 Chapter Four: Life in the Citadel, 1882-1914 Urban Infrastructure Challenges and Catastrophe Chapter Five: Citadel and Countryside The Bounty of the Land Candles, Clothing, and Sounds The Accumulation of Scientific Knowledge Chapter Six: Crisis, War, and a New Era The Gathering Storm, 1908-1914 Violence in the Rimland From Victory to Defeat, 1915-1918 Epilogue: Victors and Vanquished after 1918, Bibliography, Printed Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, Index.
Biography
Cathie Carmichael is Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
