Isbn: 9780521819190 - a contested nation: history, memory and nationalism in switzerland, 1761-1891 (past and present publications) (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine: firm and square, strong joints, no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: showing well, no tears, no chips, just slightly sunned. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks and feels unread. Thus a nearly new copy.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book examines the ways in which the Swiss defined their national identity in the long nineteenth century, in the face of a changing domestic and international background. Its narrative begins in 1761, when the first Swiss patriotic society of national significance was founded, and ends in 1891, when the Swiss celebrated their 600-year existence as a nation in a monumental national festival. While conceding that the creation of a nation-state in 1848 marked a watershed in the history of Swiss nation-formation, the author does not focus one-sidedly - as many others have done - on the activities of the nationalizing state. Instead, he attributes a key role to the competitive and contentious struggles over the shaping of public institutions and over the symbolic representation of the nation. These struggles, to which the nation-state and civil society contributed in equal measure, were framed increasingly along national lines.…

Zustand: New. A study of how the Swiss gradually defined their national identity in the nineteenth century. Series: Past and Present Publications. Num Pages: 292 pages, 10 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610. . 2003. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New. This book examines the ways in which the Swiss came to define their national identity. It explores why the nation became a theme of public concern, how different social actors created and re-created Swiss nationhood, and why they embraced some definitions r.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.