This set of essays by leading scholars in the field aims to provide an overview of current work on what has sometimes been dubbed 'the birth of modernity' in fin-de-siecle Central Europe. This it succeeds admirably in doing, and editor Steven Beller will be thanked by many teachers of the subject of producing such a useful collection.
... Read more German History In the not exactly small field of works on the Vienna Fin-de-Siecle this volume represents an important milestone. It will be indispensable, for a long time, for the debate it pushes forward and to which it contributes so much itself.
H-Soz-u-Kult ... tight and coherent ... not only because its eleven contributors focus on a single metropolis, but also because they generally share a common point of departure if not necessarily a common point of view.
German Studies Review This enthralling collection of ten distinguished essays provides not only the best introduction to the subject, but is a major contribution in its own right.
Tim Blanning, Cambridge University Beller's excellent introduction ... clearly lays out the scope of the original argument, provides a sound review of existing scholarship and a clear summary... [A] well-organized and focused [collection].
Laura Gellott, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Show Less