The essays of this interdisciplinary volume (collected and available in print for the first time) focus on the impact the Austro-Hungarian presence has had on Bosnia-Herzegovina and vice versa. Exploring the double meaning of the German title , the authors consider the consequences of occupation, colonization and annexation as a paradigm shift affecting both sides.

This series provides critical evaluations, in English or German, of Austrian authors, artists, works, currents, or figures from the Middle Ages to the present. Austria is defined as those parts of the old Habsburg empire that produced notable writings in the German language, including Czechoslovakia and the Bukovina (Czernowitz). The series offers a forum for the study of the multifarious relationships between literature and other aspects of Austrian culture, such as philosophy, art and theater.