Table of Contents

Preface 1: The Christian Social Consolidation of Power, 1897-1905 2: Universal Suffrage and the Founding of the Reichspartei, 1905-1907 3: The Reichspartei and the Era of Ministerialism, 1907-1911 4: Religion and Nation in Viennese Politics, 1907-1914 5: The Collapse and Reconstruction of the Christian Social Party, 1911-1914 6: The Party, the Church, and the Thronfolger, 1911-1914 7: The Christian Social Party in the First World War 8: Conclusion: Christian Socialism under the Empire Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

John W. Boyer is Senior Adviser to the President and the Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor in History at the University of Chicago. A specialist in the history of the Habsburg Empire, he has written four books on Austrian history, including, most recently, Austria 1867-1955.