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Autore |
Laitin David D |
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Titolo |
Nations, states, and violence [[electronic resource] /] / David D. Laitin |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-4356-1771-1 |
9786611145439 |
0-19-152788-2 |
1-281-14543-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nationalism |
Nation-state |
Political violence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
"References to author's own work": p. 153-155. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Figures and Table; 1 The Pandemonium of Nations; 2 National Cascades; 3 The Cultural Foundations of Nationalism; 4 Nations and the Twenty-First Century State; 5 Managing the Multinational State; Notes; References to Author's Own Work; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A powerfully argued and trenchant examination of the sources and consequences of nationalism by one of the world's leading scholars in the field. - ;Nations, States, and Violence presents a revisionist view of the sources of nationalism, the relationship of the nation to culture, and the implications of nationalism and cultural heterogeneity for the future of the nation-state. It accepts the now-standard view that national identities are not inherited traits but constructed communities in order to serve political ends. But the resulting national identities do not emerge from some metaphorical |
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