| Description |
x, 391 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The Institute of British Geographers special publications series ; 29 |
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Special publications series (Institute of British Geographers) ; 29
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Pt. I: Long Established Imperial Identities: 1. European and English Landscapes as National Symbols -- 2. From Michelot to Braudel: Personality, Identity and Organization of France -- 3. National Identity in Vidal's Tableau de la Geographie de la France -- 4. In Search of Identity: German Nationalism and Geography 1871-1910 -- 5. Berlin or Bonn? National Identity and the Question of the German Capital -- 6. Nationalism and Geography in Modern Japan - 1880s to 1920s -- 7. Russian Geographers and the ̀National Mission' in the Far East -- 8. Ex-Soviet Identities and the Return of Geography -- 9. ̀National Unity' and National Identities in the People's Republic of China -- Pt. II. Long Submerged Identities: 10. Edgar Kant and Balto-Skandia: Heimatkunde and Regional Identity -- 11. Stateless National Identity and French-Canadian Geographic Discourse -- 12. Nationalism and Geography in Catalonia -- 13. Two Geopolitical Concepts of Poland -- 14. The Polish Image of Poland -- 15. National Identity of the Ukraine -- 16. Quest for Slovene National Identity -- Pt. III. Newly Emerging National Identities: 17. Coming to Terms with Australia -- 18. Geography and National Identity in Australia -- 19. South Australia: Discoverers, Makers and Interpreters -- 20. Maori Identity and Maori Geomentality -- 21. Multiple Identities in the South Pacific -- 22. Tradition, Culture, and Imposed Change in Indonesia -- 23. Geography, Identity and Patriotism in Argentina -- Afterword. Identity Resurgent - Geography Revived |
| Summary |
This volume of especially commissioned essays explores the geography of, and the role of geography in, national and proto-national identity. Place and national identity are bound together. Attachment to the one is almost always inseparable from the sense of the other. Yet, as this volume shows, the articulated self-conscious linking of place and identity is by and large a modern phenomenon that took root in nineteenth-century Europe. The formation of supranational states and the much vaunted globalization of culture led many to believe there would be a progressive dilution of national identities and a growing agglomeration of places and nations into larger state units. Precisely the reverse has taken place. This book explores the connections between identity and homeland, showing how a place may be perceived as archetypal, endowed with love and celebrated in music and poetry, yet be a pretext for violence and war. It examines the evolution of ideas about identity and their manifestations in a wide variety of settings, from the former Soviet Union to the island states of the South Pacific |
| Analysis |
Nationalism |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Special publications series (Institute of British Geographers) no:29 |
| Subject |
Cultural awareness.
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Group identity.
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Human geography.
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National characteristics.
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Nationalism.
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Place (Philosophy)
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Political geography.
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| Author |
Hooson, David J. M.
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Institute of British Geographers.
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| LC no. |
93017857 |
| ISBN |
0631189351 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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063118936X (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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