Book Description
Presents a biography of the emperor of Austria as well as a history of Europe during his reign.
Author : Alan Palmer
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 1997-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780871136657
Presents a biography of the emperor of Austria as well as a history of Europe during his reign.
Author : Anatol Murad
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750937870
In 1848, 28-year-old Francis Joseph became King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria. He would reign for almost 68 years, the longest of any modern European monarch. Focusing on the life of Emperor Francis Joseph and his family, this book examines their personal relationships against the turbulent background of the 19th century.
Author : Jean-Paul Bled
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 1992-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780631167785
Author : Jo F. Humphrey
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2006-07-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595804969
"His training has been that of an engineer, and he is a thorough businessman. He is a man of integrity with no axes to grind who assumed his duties toward the town at a personal sacrifice."-Gertrude Robinson Smith, socialite and philanthropist, on Joseph Franz Joseph Franz was a precocious teenager when he arrived in America on October 16, 1897, determined to succeed at any undertaking. As an electrical engineer, Franz defied the most respected electrical names of the time, such as George Westinghouse, to experiment with untested methods of producing and providing electricity. After retiring from the electrical field, he dared to design and build two great cultural buildings in the Berkshires that are still used today. One provides shelter for the renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra. The other is the first theatre built specifically for dance at Jacob's Pillow, an old farm near Becket, Massachusetts that has become the first dance related institution in America to be designated as a National Historic Landmark. Through his European education, Franz learned that to brag about oneself was very unethical. Because of his modesty, few are aware of his tireless contributions and service to his community in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area. Franz's children are finally able to help him bring his accomplishments to light in Joseph Franz-A Renaissance Man in the 20th Century.
Author : Katrin Unterreiner
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 13,68 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Emperors
ISBN :
Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 2005-05-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 075249547X
In 1848, 28-year-old Francis Joseph became King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria. He would reign for almost 68 years, the longest of any modern European monarch. Focusing on the life of Emperor Francis Joseph and his family, this book examines their personal relationships against the turbulent background of the 19th century.
Author : Karen Owens
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 27,20 MB
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1476612161
In 1848, an 18-year-old boy assumed the throne of Austria, one of the most powerful countries in Europe. He would be its last significant emperor, the only monarch to serve two countries, and the last cogent head of the prestigious Habsburg dynasty. Emperor Franz Joseph's reign was marked by revolutions, often fueled by rising liberalism and nationalism, and wars orchestrated by conquering architects such as Napoleon, Metternich, and Bismarck. This book gives attention to these political and cultural events, but it is moreover a biography of Emperor Franz Joseph and his enigmatic wife, Empress Elisabeth.
Author : Katrin Unterreiner
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2015
Category :
ISBN : 9783850338943
Author : Stanley Finger
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0190464623
Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was always a controversial figure, as was his doctrine, later called phrenology. Although often portrayed as a discredited buffoon, who believed he could assess a person's strengths and weaknesses by measuring cranial bumps, he was, in fact, a serious physician-scientist, who strove to answer timely questions about the mind, brain, and behavior. In many ways a remarkable visionary, his seminal ideas would become tenets of modern behavioral neuroscience. Among other things, he was the first scientist to promote publicly the idea of specialized cortical areas for diverse higher functions, while taking metaphysics out of his new science of mind. Moreover, although he obviously placed too much emphasis on "tell-tale" skull features (mistakenly believing that the cranium faithfully reflects the features of underlying brain areas), he fully understood the strength of "convergent operations," conducting neuroanatomical, developmental, cross-species, gender-comparison, and brain-damage studies on both humans and animals in his attempts to unravel the mysteries of brain organization. Rather than looking upon Gall's "organology" as one of science's great mistakes, this book provides a fresh look at the man and his doctrine. The authors delve into his motives, what was known about the brain during the 1790s, and the cultural demands of his time. Gall is rightfully presented as an early-19th-century biologist, anthropologist, philosopher, and physician with an inquisitive mind and a challenging agenda--namely, how to account for species and individual differences in behavior. In this well-researched book, readers learn why, starting as a young physician in Vienna and continuing his life's work in Paris, he chose to study the mind and the brain, why he employed his various methods, why he relied so heavily on cranial features, and why he wrote what he did in his books. Frequently using Gall's own words, they show his impact in various domains, including his approach to the insane and criminals, before concluding with his final illness and more lasting legacy.