Power and the Nation in European History
Author | : Len Scales |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2005-06-09 |
ISBN-13 | : 0521608309 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780521608305 |
Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Download or read book Power and the Nation in European History written by Len Scales and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-09 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.