The Politics of Cultural Retreat: Imperial Bureaucracy in Austrian Galicia, 1772-1867

324 Pages·2015·2.575 MB·English

by  Iryna Vushko

the politics of cultural retreat
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The Politics
of Cultural
Retreat
Imperial Bureaucracy in Austrian
Galicia, 1772–1867
I R Y N A V U S H K O
New HAVeN ANd lONdON
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Vushko, Iryna.
The politics of cultural retreat : imperial bureaucracy in Austrian Galicia,
1772-1867 / Iryna Vushko.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-300-20727-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)—
Politics and government—19th century. 2. Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)—
Politics and government—18th century. 3. Bureaucracy—Galicia (Poland
and Ukraine)—History. 4. Austria—Politics and government—1740-1848.
5. Austria—Politics and government—1848–1918. I. Title.
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To those who lost fear
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contents
Acknowledgments ix
list of Abbreviations xii
Introduction 1
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Bureaucratic enlightenment and Galicia 18
two
Civilizers at work, 1772–1794 46
three
The Napoleonic Test, 1792–1815 83
four
Between Vienna, St. Petersburg, and warsaw, 1826–1832 105
five
Austrian Bureaucracy and Polish Aristocracy 127
six
literature, Politics, and Galician Ruthenians 157
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contents
seven
Administering the Jews 182
eight
Bureaucracy and Revolutions, 1846–1848 206
Conclusion: 1848, 1867, and Beyond 231
Notes 253
Index 301
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acknowledgments
This book would have been impossible without the long- standing support
of Timothy Snyder. He influenced my thinking about history more than
anyone else, believed in my project, and read numerous drafts with great dili-
gences: for all of this I am very grateful. Ostap Sereda introduced me to history
some twenty years ago and has remained a friend ever since. I became a histo-
rian because of him. Paul Bushkovitch provided invaluable feedback on my
dissertation and helped keep things in perspective at Yale. larry wolff shared
my interests in Galicia, agreed to serve as an outside reader, and read my text
with great care. Serhii Plokhii read and commented on the manuscript and
helped with logistical advice while I was preparing it for publication. Ute
Frevert brought in her expertise in German history. Yaroslav Hrytsak taught
me history in l’viv and Budapest, helping me to make the transition from
Ukrainian to American academia over ten years ago. Ingo Trauschweitzer,
in Florence and later Ohio, read and commented on the entire manuscript.
Börris Kuzmany in Vienna, at the time working on his dissertation on
Galicia, kept company and shared some of his sources with me. I spent
many days in the archives with Ke-C hin Hsia and even more evenings in
the Viennese opera. Giving in to his addiction, I learnt to appreciate opera
through his eyes and his ears. Isabelle Chauche arranged my research trip
to Paris in the summer of 2007. louic Blanc opened his doors for me there,
making that trip special. In 2010, back in Vienna, Anne dwyer helped keep
my spirits up and maintain my confidence in academia. Joachim Tepperberg
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