{"product_id":"joseph-ii-hardback","title":"Joseph II - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph II (1741--90) -- son and eventual successor of Maria Theresa -- has conventionally been seen in the context of the \"Enlightened Despot'' reformers. Today's turmoil in his former territories invites a rather different perspective, however, as Joseph grapples with the familiar and intractable problems of creating a viable unitary state out of his multi-national empire in Central Europe. Professor Blanning's brilliant short study, based on extensive archival research, offers a history of the Habsburg monarchy in the eighteenth century, as well as a revaluation of the emperor's complex personality and his ill-fated reform programme.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546582802670,"sku":"9781138836334","price":241.4,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/joseph-ii-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}