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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822049203321

Autore

Lawrence Paul (Paul Morgan)

Titolo

Nationalism : history and theory / / Paul Lawrence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-83749-8

1-317-87403-X

1-317-87404-8

1-281-34713-2

9786611347130

1-4058-9861-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p. )

Collana

Making History

Disciplina

320.54

Soggetti

Nationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Pearson Education.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1 Introduction: definitions and debates ; 1 -- ; 2 Early theoretical debates, 1848-1914 ; 17 -- Nineteenth-century historiography and nationalism ; 20 -- Early contributions to a 'theory' of nationalism ; 31 -- Marxism and the early contribution of the social sciences ; 41 -- ; 3 Interwar debates, 1918-39 ; 59 -- The impact of the First World War ; 62 -- Psychology and theories of nationalism ; 72 -- 'Pioneering' historians of nationalism during the 1930s ; 83 -- ; 4 The origins of 'classical modernism', 1945-69 ; 107 -- The Second World War and the 'peculiarity' of German nationalism ; 110 -- Historians and nationalism in the 1950s and 1960s ; 123 -- Early 'classical modernism' ; 133 -- ; 5 The rise and fall of 'classical modernism', 1970-2003 ; 159 -- The consolidation of 'classical modernism' ; 163 -- Ethno-symbolism and the challenge to 'classical modernism' ; 180 -- Recent theoretical innovation ; 198.

Sommario/riassunto

"A concise, accessible analysis of a complex field, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to equip themselves with a theoretical understanding of why we live in nations, and why we invest them with such significance."--Jacket.