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© 2020, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847110606 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737010603 Emperor and king addressed them as ‘My peoples’, ignoring the category of ‘citizens’ thatwouldhave been a recognitionof the political nature of society. Thecentralauthoritiesemphasizedthediversityasapositiveparticularityof themonarchy.TheendeavorofCrownPrinceRudolf topublishtheseriescalled Die österreichisch-ungarischeMonarchie inWort und Bildwas clearly the ex- pressionofthewishtoshowunitythroughdiversity.4Journalists,academicsand scientists were commissioned to write about the peculiarities, beauties and productions of the Empire and its populations. The concept lying behind this enterprise was obvious: Austria-Hungary exists thanks to the dynasty, the peoples and the institutions (army,bureaucracy, churches).Thecollectionwas supposed to illustrate these abstractions and to enhance the qualities of each territory.MostvolumesappearedactuallyafterRudolph’sdeathin1889;thelast one came out in 1902. One or several volumes were dedicated to each land accordingtoitssizeandhistoricalsignificationfor themonarchy.Followingthe Zeitgeist, theethnographical approachplayedagreatpartandthishadalso the advantage of insisting of the ethnic plurality of the Empire by showing each nationality on equal terms. The backward provinces were considered with a paternalisttoneandcolonialismiscertainlynotabsentfromthevolumesdealing withBucovina andBosnia-Herzegovina.5Buton insistingondiversity the vol- umesalsocontributedtoreify thedifferencesandjustifynationalidentification. TheAustrianinitiative ledtothepublicationby theHungariangovernmentofa similar collection at the occasion of the Millenary celebration of 1896.6 The directionof theworkwasprovidedby theHungarianacademyofsciences.The celebrationofFrancis Joseph’s jubilee in1898gave theopportunity to launcha newpublicationaimedatputtingforwardtheunityofthemonarchy.Itwassold through subscription and advertised in the press as “literarymemorial to our Emperor” (literarisches Kaiser-Denkmal). TitledUnsereMonarchie,7 the series editedby JuliusLaurencˇic´wasmorepopular and less scientific than theKron- prinzenwerk; it was translated into Czech (Nasˇe monarchie), Polish (Nasza monarchia)andItalian(Lanostramonarchia).SincetheHungarianswereatthe same time publishing their own collection regarding only Transleithania, this onefocusedonlyonCisleithania.OntheeveofWorldWarOne,anotherpopular editionwas launched in the samespirit bySigmundSchneiderwhere the term 4 SeeChristianeZintzen,Dieösterreichisch-ungarischeMonarchie inWortundBild:ausdem KronprinzenwerkErzherzogRudolf,Wien1999. 5 Dieösterreichisch-ungarischeMonarchie inWortundBild,DieBukowina,Bd.8,Wien1899; BosnienundHerzegowina,Bd.22,Wien1901. 6 Magyarorsz#gv#rmegye8sv#rosai [Counties andCitiesofHungary],Budapest, 1896–1902. 7 Julius Laurencˇic´ (ed.), Unsere Monarchie. Die österreichischen Kronländer zur Zeit des 50 JährigenRegierungsjubiläumsSr.k.u.Apost.Maj.Franz JosephI.,Wien1897–1898. CatherineHorel276