Introduction: the Habsburg empire and the United States in transnational perspective 1. Community and legitimacy: the diplomatic culture of the great power system 2. Becoming a great power: US-Habsburg diplomatic relations and the integration of the United States into the great power system 3. Protection and the problems of dual citizenship: US consuls in the Habsburg empire 4. The limits of state-building: Habsburg consuls in the United States and the protection of lives and property 5. Racial identity and political citizenship: American challenges to Habsburg sovereignty 6. Giving up on Austria-Hungary: the end of the great power system and the shift to the nationalist successors 7. Establishing sovereignty: the process of aligning race, place, and citizenship Conclusion.
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