{"product_id":"the-idea-of-galicia-history-and-fantasy-in-habsburg-political-culture","title":"The Idea of Galicia: History and Fantasy in Habsburg Political Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Larry Wolff    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[A] masterful intellectual history of the province.\"—Timothy Snyder, New York Review of Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wolff's way of telling the story of how the idea of Galicia evolved throughout the nineteenth century is a dense narrative in which a variety of sources are related or juxtaposed to create multiple contexts—historical, political, social, intellectual, cultural. . . The scope and quality of Larry Wolff's scholarship makes The Idea of Galicia an impressive achievement. Not only has the author made a major contribution to the history of Galicia and to historiography, but he has also set a high standard for historical writing.\"—Jolanta Pekacz, Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGalicia was created at the first partition of Poland in 1772 and disappeared in 1918. Yet, in slightly over a century, the idea of Galicia came to have meaning for both the peoples who lived there and the Habsburg government that ruled it. Indeed, its memory continues to exercise a powerful fascination for those who live in its former territories and for the descendants of those who emigrated out of Galicia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea of Galicia was largely produced by the cultures of two cities, Lviv and Cracow. Making use of travelers' accounts, newspaper reports, and literary works, Wolff engages such figures as Emperor Joseph II, Metternich, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Ivan Franko, Stanisław Wyspiański, Tadeusz \"Boy\" Żeleński, Isaac Babel, Martin Buber, and Bruno Schulz. He shows the exceptional importance of provincial space as a site for the evolution of cultural meanings and identities, and analyzes the province as the framework for non-national and multi-national understandings of empire in European history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \u003cbr\u003e504 pages\u003cbr\u003eStanford University Press; 1st edition, 2012\u003cbr\u003e6 x 1.25 x 9 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780804783125\u003cbr\u003eEuropean History \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622939623592,"sku":"9780804783125","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/61Z3jTZ8CfL._SL1200.jpg?v=1740604392","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-idea-of-galicia-history-and-fantasy-in-habsburg-political-culture","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}