Books by John W. Boyer

A history of the Christian Social movement, beginning after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power in Vienna in 1897, and tracing the movement's evolution from a group of disparate ward politicians to its major role in Imperial politics during World War I.

This text, winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize, examines the social and political atmosphere of late imperial Vienna. It traces the demise of Vienna's liberal culture and the growth of a new radicalism during the latter half of the 19th century.