Victims' State: War and Welfare in Austria, 1868-1925

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by  Ke-Chin Hsia

Victims’ State

Victims’ State
War and Welfare in Austria, 1868–1925
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Ke-Chin Hsia
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Names: Hsia, Ke-Chin, author.
Title: Victims' state: war and welfare in Austria, 1868-1925 / Ke-Chin Hsia.
Other titles: War and welfare in Austria, 1868–1925
Description: New York: Oxford University Press, [2022] | Includes
bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2022000263 (print) | LCCN 2022000264 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780197582374 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780197582398 (epub) |
ISBN 9780197582404
Subjects: LCSH: Public welfare--Austria--History. | Austria--Social
conditions--20th century. | Veterans--Services
for--Austria--History--20th century. | Veterans--Austria--Social
conditions. | World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Austria. | Austria--Armed
Forces--History--20th century. | Austria--Armed Forces--History--19th century.
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
Government Poverty and Incentive Pensions in the Nineteenth Century 16
Chapter 2
The Emergence of the War Welfare Field from Peace to War 42
Chapter 3
A Social Offensive on the Home Front 74
Chapter 4
The Last-Ditch Effort to Save the Monarchy 105
Chapter 5
War Victims as a New Power Factor 131
Chapter 6
A Republic with “the Correct National and Social Sensibilities” 164
Chapter 7
“The Public’s Interest in Invalids Has Waned” 192
Conclusion 226
Notes 239
Bibliography 303
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