Nationhood from below Europe in the long nineteenth century /

Nationalism was ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet, we know little about what the nation meant to ordinary people. In this book, both renowned historians and younger scholars try to answer this question. This book will appeal to specialists in the field but also offers helpful reading for...

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Group Author: Van Ginderachter, Maarten; Beyen, Marnix
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Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230355354
Summary: Nationalism was ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet, we know little about what the nation meant to ordinary people. In this book, both renowned historians and younger scholars try to answer this question. This book will appeal to specialists in the field but also offers helpful reading for any college and university course on nationalism.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230272477, 2011.
Carrier Form: 280 p.
ISBN: 9780230272477
9780230355354 :
0230355358 :
CLC: D750.62
Contents: Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTORY SECTION Introduction: Writing the Mass into a Mass Phenomenon-- M.Beyen & M.Van Ginderachter What Does it Mean to Say that Nationalism is 'Popular'?-- J.Breuilly PART II: HISTORIOGRAPHIC SURVEYS An Inconvenient Nation. Nation Building and National Identity in Modern Spain. The Historiographical Debate-- F.Molina & M.Cabo On the Uses and Abuses of Nationalism from Below. A Few Notes on Italy-- I.Porciani Differentiation or Indifference? Changing Perspectives on National Identification in the Austrian Half of the Habsburg Monarchy