U.S.-Habsburg relations from 1815 to the Paris Peace Conference : sovereignty transformed /

Phelps, Nicole M.

U.S.-Habsburg relations from 1815 to the Paris Peace Conference : sovereignty transformed / Nicole M. Phelps, University of Vermont. - New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Habsburg Empire and the United Statesin Transnational Perspective; Chapter 1: Community and Legitimacy: The Diplomatic Culture of the Great Power System; Chapter 2: Becoming a Great Power: U.S.-Habsburg Diplomatic Relations and the Integration of the United States into the Great Power System; Economics and the American Case against Diplomacy; The Hungarian Revolution and Lajos Kossuth; Motley, Mexico, and the Crowning of the King of Hungary; Anthony Keiley and the Agrément Controversy. Hengelmüller, Penfield, and the Height of U.S.-Habsburg RelationsChapter 3: Protection and the Problems of Dual Citizenship: U.S. Consuls in the Habsburg Empire; Chapter 4: The Limits of State Building: Habsburg Consuls in the United States and the Protection of Lives and Property; Chapter 5: Racial Identity and Political Citizenship: American Challenges to Habsburg Sovereignty; Chapter 6: Giving Up on Austria-Hungary: The End of the Great Power System and the Shift to the Nationalist Successors; Chapter 7: Establishing Sovereignty: The Process of Aligning Race, Place, and Citizenship.

"This study chronicles US-Habsburg relations from the early nineteenth century through the aftermath of World War I"--



9781107249912 9781107247420


Diplomatic and consular service, American--History.
Diplomatic and consular service, Austrian--History.
Citizenship--History.--United States
Immigrants--History--United States--19th century.
Immigrants--History--United States--20th century.
Austria--Foreign relations--United States.
Citizenship--History.--United States
Diplomatic and consular service, American--History.
Diplomatic and consular service, Austrian--History.
Immigrants--History--United States--19th century.
Immigrants--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Austria.
United States--Race relations--History.


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