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European Nations: Explaining Their Formation
Miroslav Hroch
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Paperback. One of the world's leading theorists of nationalism offers a new synthesis. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
In the history of modern political thought, no topics have attracted as much attention as nationalism, nation-formation, and patriotism. A mass of literature has grown around these vexed issues, muddying the waters, and a level-headed clarification is long overdue.
Rather than adding another theory of nationalism to this maelstrom of ideas, Miroslav Hroch has created a remarkable synthesis, integrating apparently competing frameworks into a coherent system that tracks the historical genesis of European nations through the sundry paths of the nation-forming processes of the nineteenth century. Combining a comparative perspective on nation-formation with invaluable theoretical insights, European Nations is ... Read more
In the history of modern political thought, no topics have attracted as much attention as nationalism, nation-formation, and patriotism. A mass of literature has grown around these vexed issues, muddying the waters, and a level-headed clarification is long overdue.
Rather than adding another theory of nationalism to this maelstrom of ideas, Miroslav Hroch has created a remarkable synthesis, integrating apparently competing frameworks into a coherent system that tracks the historical genesis of European nations through the sundry paths of the nation-forming processes of the nineteenth century. Combining a comparative perspective on nation-formation with invaluable theoretical insights, European Nations is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verso
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781688342
SKU
V9781781688342
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About Miroslav Hroch
Miroslav Hroch is an Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Charles University in Prague. He has written several books on modern nationalism and nation formation, including Social Preconditions of National Revival in Europe and In the National Interest: Demands and Goals of European National Movements of the Nineteenth Century: A Comparative Perspective.
Reviews for European Nations: Explaining Their Formation
This is a rare example of a successful, rigorous comparative history.
English Historical Review
Hroch's work remains impressive for the sweep of the comparative discussion and significant for what he uncovers about the dynamics of emergent national movements by analysing the similarities as well as differences among them.
Journal of Modern History
He offers a masterly ... Read more
English Historical Review
Hroch's work remains impressive for the sweep of the comparative discussion and significant for what he uncovers about the dynamics of emergent national movements by analysing the similarities as well as differences among them.
Journal of Modern History
He offers a masterly ... Read more