The Science of State Power in the Habsburg Monarchy 1790-1880

<p> The formation of modern European states during the long 19th century was complicated and challenged by the integration of completely different territories and populations. <em>The Science of State Power in the Habsburg Monarchy 1790-1880</em> builds on recent research to investigate the means of administrative legal and educational structures overlooked as part of the German sciences of the state. Integral to shaping imperial power for the process of Habsburg state-building the science of Statistik (statistics) dissected and translated the states disparate territories it into empirically perceptible components.</p>