Die Habsburgermonarchie 1848-1918 Band VIII/2: Politische Offentlichkeit und Zivilgesellschaft: 2. Teilband: Die Presse als Faktor der politischen Mobilisierung

Associations, parties and the press formed together the civil society of the day. For simple reasons of physique activities conducted by associations were restricted to a comparatively small audience. It was the press which was responsible for the political mobilization of even the most backward parts of the Habsburg Monarchy, an area in which the social and cultural development varied to a great extent. By doing so the press created a political public opinion somehow encompassing the entir...