HIS242H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Otto Von Bismarck, Power Balance, Reinsurance Treaty
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Lecture 2 austrian-hungarian empire on the eve of the first world war. Chapter 1 summary book nolen: economic development, relationship between us and europe, the us and europe are on the same economic footing. Is americanizaion of europe good: wh(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t europe like this a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:449)a(cid:455) of life, transatlantic, age of empire. Nationalism love and attachment of country. (love of culture and people who exist within a singular country) (ethnic nationalism) the nation is the land between the borders, exemplifies the culture within those borders. This was a significant reason why ww1 happened. Austrian-hungarian empire on the eve of the first world war. Many different ethnicities, serbian, croatian, bosnian, hungarian within the austria-hungarian. This does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)i(cid:454) (cid:449)ell (cid:449)ith the eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) natio(cid:374)alis(cid:373) idea. What these ethnicities want is their own nation. (age of nationalism) Prior to 1871, germany was just made up of small counties and not a country. Germans unification in 1871, disrupts the idea of balance of power.
