Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Nationalism and the Making of National Past / J. Breuilly -- The Comparative History of National Historiographies in Europe / S. Berger -- 'Colonizing' the Past: History and Memory in Greece and Turkey / S.A. Sofos & U.Özkirimli -- The Politics of Memorialization in Zimbabwe / T. Ranger -- Beginning the World Over Again: Past and Future in American Nationalism / D.H. Doyle -- Rediscovering Columbus in Nineteenth-Century American Textbooks / C. Cadot -- Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Mexico / D.A. Brading -- Eternal France: Crisis and National Self-Perception in France, 1870-2005 / R. Gildea -- Cuisine, Nationality and the Making of a National Meal: The English Breakfast / K.O'Connor -- National Restoration and Moral Renewal: The Dialectics of the Past in the Emergence of Modern Israel / A. Gal -- Crafting Iranian Nationalism: Intersectionality of Aryanism, Westernism and Islamism / A. Kian & G. Riaux -- The Evolution of State Discourses on the Nationalist Political Party in Post-Colonial Cameroon / C. Nsoudou -- Refashioning Sub-National Pasts for Post-National Futures / J. Wenzel -- A Season of War: Warriors, Veterans and Warfare in American Nationalism / S-M. Grant -- Sinocentrism and the National Question in China / E. Hyer -- Nation, History, Museum: The Politics of the Past at the National Museum of Australia / B. Wellings |
Summary |
Nations and their Histories highlights the importance of the past and its uses in the formation of modern nations and national identities. It looks at the construction of different national historiographies as well as present representations of the past in the political and cultural life of nations, covering the five continents. It features contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field of nationalism such as Terence Ranger, Robert Gildea, Umut Özkirimli and John Breuilly |
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"This volume pinpoints the importance of history and its uses in the (re)formation of modern nations and national identities in a wide variety of countries, covering the five continents. It features contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field of nationalism such as Terence Ranger, Robert Gildea, and John Breuilly"--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Historiography.
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National characteristics -- Historiography
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Nationalism -- Historiography
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History -- Philosophy.
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History -- Methodology.
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historiography.
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Historiography.
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Social & cultural anthropology.
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Comparative politics.
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Nationalism.
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Political science & theory.
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HISTORY -- Historiography.
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History.
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Historiography
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History -- Methodology
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History -- Philosophy
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Nationalism -- Historiography
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Nationalismus
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Kollektives Gedächtnis
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Nationalcharakter
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Electronic book
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Author |
Carvalho, Susana, 1979-
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Gemenne, François, 1980-
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ISBN |
9780230245273 |
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0230245277 |
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1282672126 |
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9781282672123 |
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