Writing National Histories : Western Europe Since 1800
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415164273
ISBN-13
9780415164276
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 3rd, 1998
Print length
332 Pages
Weight
480 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 17.30 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
European history
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This book examines comparatively how the writing of history has been used to 'legitimate' the nation-state against socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era.
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.
* 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.
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