Habsburg Revenants on Victory Road. Greater Romania's Integration Process 1918–33

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No AccessHabsburg Revenants on Victory Road. Greater Romania's Integration Process 1918–33Florian Kührer-WielachFlorian Kührer-WielachSearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.14220/9783737015028.9SectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AboutAbstract: This article examines the post-imperial transformation of the Kingdom of Romania after World War I, when its territory and population had doubled. The article first explores the months following the nominal unification of Romanian, Hungarian, Austrian, and Russian territories into “Greater Romania” beginning in late 1918 before describing the main aspects of institutional integration of the newly formed state. Three main processes are identified: centralization, Romanianization, and nationalization. These years are dominated by a power struggle encompassing all levels of society, essentially between “old” and “new” Romanian elites. This is followed by analysis of the moment when the “Habsburg” opposition, united with the socially agitated peasant party, first gained confidence and then power only to lose both within a few years. This moment of general disappointment, aggravated by the effects of the Great Depression, marked the final turn toward increasingly authoritarian politics in Romania. Keywords: Romania, transformation, authoritarianism Previous chapter Next chapter FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Download book cover 1st editionISBN: 978-3-8471-1502-1 eISBN: 978-3-7370-1502-8HistoryPublished online:October 2022 KeywordsRomaniatransformationauthoritarianismPDF download