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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824214603321

Autore

Grosby Steven Elliott <1951->

Titolo

Nationalism : a very short introduction / / Steven Grosby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-151800-X

1-280-75325-0

1-4294-5983-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 134

Disciplina

320.54

Soggetti

Nationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-134) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 The problem -- Chapter 2 What is a nation? -- Chapter 3 The nation as social relation -- Chapter 4 Motherland, fatherland, and homeland -- Chapter 5 The nation in history -- Chapter 6 Whose god is mightier? -- Chapter 7 Human divisiveness -- Chapter 8 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout history, this title discusses nations and nationalism from social, philosophical and anthropological perspectives.