{"product_id":"the-nation-in-history-anthony-d-smith-9780745625805","title":"The Nation in History: Historiographical Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and others, he argues that there are three key issues which have shaped debates in this field: first, the nature and origin of nations and nationalism; second, the antiquity or modernity of nations and nationalism; and third, the role of nations and nationalism in historical, and especially recent, social change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthony Smith provides an incisive critique of the debate between modernists, perennialists and primordialists over the origins, development and contemporary significance of nations and nationalism. Drawing on a wide range of examples from antiquity and the medieval epoch, as well as the modern world, he develops a distinctive ethnosymbolic account of nations and nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis important book by one of the world's leading authorities on nationalism and ethnicity will be of particular interest to students and scholars in history, sociology and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony D. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745625800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745625805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Anthony D. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925860057343,"sku":"9780745625805","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a19d2887-1f92-4152-a776-5d589ea6d508.jpg?v=1681079797","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nation-in-history-anthony-d-smith-9780745625805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}