Writing National Histories: Western Europe Since 1800 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415164269)

This book examines comparatively how the writing of history by individuals and groups, historians, politicians and journalists has been used to "legitimate" the nation-state agianst socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era. Covering the whole of Western Europe, the book includes discussion of: * history as legitimation in post-revolutionary France * unity and confederation in the Italian Risorgimento * German historians as critics of Prussian conservatism * right-wing history writing in France between the wars * British historiography from Macauley to Trevelyan * the search for national identity in the reunified Germany.

Author: Stefan Berger
ISBN-10: 0415164265
ISBN-13: 9780415164269
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/03/1998
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.32w x 1.22d