Background
Wright, William Edward was born on November 5, 1926 in Fairfield, Alabama, United States. Son of Cecil Augustus Wright and Leila Myrtle Greer.
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Austria, 1938-1988: Anschluss and Fifty Years (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)
(A half-century after the Anschluss of Austria to Germany,...)
A half-century after the Anschluss of Austria to Germany, the engrossment of the Austrian Republic into the third Reich in March of 1938 seemed to be a convenient point at which to look back and assess what transpired then and since. Enough time had elapsed to allow a new, young generation of historians to mature, people who had not been witnesses or participants in the events and were not freighted with the passions of those who had lived through that turbulent and perilous era. But not so much time had elapsed that there were no more contemporary representatives who had seen, heard, and felt the events, people who could offer descriptions and make judgments from intimacy with the conditions that prevailed then. Each has much to contribute to any assessment of those most troubled and troubling times. Representatives of both are counted among the authors here presented. Moreover, these authors represent viewpoints of both Austrians, with their sense of immediacy, and those who look upon Austria from outside, with the detachment of the uninvolved.
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Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign: Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth-Century Bohemia
( Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign was first published in 19...)
Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign was first published in 1966. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is a detailed history of the agrarian reforms which took place in Bohemia during the reigns of the Habsburg rulers Maria Theresa, 1740–1780, and Joseph II, 1780–1790. The enactment of the land reforms had far-reaching social, economic, and political effects, and the subject constitutes an important chapter in the history of the nation we now know as Czechoslovakia. The topic has been hardly touched in English, however, and has only recently been properly treated by the Marxist historians of post-World War II Czechoslovakia. Much of Professor Wright's account is based on documents not previously used by historians, particularly materials in the Hofkammerarchiv in Vienna. The author provides a background by describing the development of serfdom in Bohemia over approximately two hundred years prior to the accession of Maria Theresa to the throne of Austria in 1740. In major sections of the book Professor Wright traces the causes, events, and effects of the program of agrarian reform which Maria Theresa and Joseph II carried out. He shows how the changes in the land system profoundly affected the relationships of the serf, seigneur, and sovereign, and how they paved the way for the much greater social revolution which was to come with the emancipation of 1848. In addition to providing a wealth of factual information, the account gives a dramatic picture of the plight of the peasant, along with valid glimpses of the personalities of the rulers and their ministers. Specialists in European history, social history, or agrarian history will find the book particularly rewarding.
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Serf, Seigneur and Sovereign: Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth-century Bohemia
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Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign: Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth Century Bohemia
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William Edward Wright
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Bachelor of Science in Business, University Colorado, 1951. Master of Arts in History, University Colorado, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Colorado, 1957.
Career
Instructor to professor history University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1957—1993, director immigration history research center, 1965—1966, associate dean office international programs, 1969—1970, associate vice president international programs, 1970—1976, founding director center Austrian studies, 1977—1988. Staff sergeant United States Army, 1945-1947, European Theatre of Operations.
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Austria, 1938-1988: Anschluss and Fifty Years (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)
(A half-century after the Anschluss of Austria to Germany,...)
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Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign: Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth-Century Bohemia
( Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign was first published in 19...)
- SERF, SEIGNEUR, AND SOVEREIGN; AGRARIAN REFORM IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BOHEMIA, BY WILLIAM E. WRIGHT
- Serf, Seigneur and Sovereign: Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth-century Bohemia
- Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign: Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth Century Bohemia
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Austria, 1938-1988: Anschluss and Fifty Years (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)
Membership
Founding director American Alpbach Foundation, Washington, 1984—1988. Chairman Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Legislation Task Force, Minneapolis, 1966—1967. Campaign manager Donald Fraser Reelection Campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1968.
Candidate Minnesota state senate Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, 1966. United States representative. Member of Czechoslovak History Conference, American History Association.
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Married Norma Louise Lacy, September 2, 1950. 1 child Amber.
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Democratic Farmer Labor Party
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1951
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1957 - 1993
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Recipient Oesterreichisches Ehrenkreuz fuer Wissenschaft und Kunst, erste Klasse, Republic of Austria, 1994, Das Grosse Goldene Ehrenzeichen fuer Verdienste um die Republik Oesterreich, 1989, McKnight Foundation Humanities award for European history, McKnight Foundation, 1961. Fellow Fulbright Research fellow, Austro-American Educational Commission, 1962-1963, Fulbright fellow to Austria, 1954-1955.Recipient Oesterreichisches Ehrenkreuz fuer Wissenschaft und Kunst, erste Klasse, Republic of Austria, 1994, Das Grosse Goldene Ehrenzeichen fuer Verdienste um die Republik Oesterreich, 1989, McKnight Foundation Humanities award for European history, McKnight Foundation, 1961. Fellow Fulbright Research fellow, Austro-American Educational Commission, 1962-1963, Fulbright fellow to Austria, 1954-1955.