Power and the Nation in European History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521608305)

Few would doubt the central importance of 'the nation' in the making and unmaking of modern political communities. But when did 'the nation' first become a fundamental political factor? This book engages the expertise of modern historians in an attempt to resolve the issue. A deep rift still separates 'modernist' perspectives, which view the political nation as a phenomenon limited to modern, industrialized 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.

Author: Len Scales
ISBN-10: 0521608309
ISBN-13: 9780521608305
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2005
Pages: 402
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d