The road to the "compromise" of 1867 -- State system of the Dual Monarchy -- The nationalities question and attempts to find solutions -- The political stabilization of the compromise -- Establishment of the Hungarian constitutional and political system -- Demographic and ethnic changes -- Transformation of the settlement network and urbanization -- The Hungarian economy in the era of Dualism -- Society in transition -- Religious affiliation and the churches -- Establishing a modern culture -- Domestic policies -- The nationalities issues -- The foreign policy of the Monarchy.