| Writing National Histories: Western Europe Since 1800 Contributor(s): Berger, Stefan (Editor), Donovan, Mark (Editor), Passmore, Kevin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415164265 ISBN-13: 9780415164269 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: Writing National Histories examines comparatively how the writing of history by individuals and groups, historians, politicians and journalists, has been used to 'legitimate' the nation-state, focusing on the nation-building of the nineteenth century and the subsequent struggle to defend the nation-state against socialist, communist and Catholic internationalism in the modern era. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940.28 |
| LCCN: 98-21825 |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.32" W x 9.32" (1.38 lbs) 330 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |