Isbn: 9780521845809 - power and the nation in european history (4 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. new title edition. 402 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Few would doubt the central importance of the nation in the making and unmaking of modern political communities. The long history of 'the nation' as a concept and as a name for various sorts of 'imagined community' likewise commands such acceptance. But when did the nation first become a fundamental political factor This is a question which has been, and continues to be, far more sharply contested. A deep rift still separates 'modernist' perspectives, which view the political nation as a phenomenon limited to modern, industrialised societies, from the views of scholars concerned with the pre-industrial world who insist, often vehemently, that nations were central to pre-modern political life also. This book engages with these questions by drawing on the expertise of leading medieval, early modern and modern historians.…

Zustand: New. This book is a ground-breaking contribution to debates surrounding the formation of nations and nationalism in European history. Editor(s): Scales, Len; Zimmer, Oliver. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 750. . 2005. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …