The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism: Volume 1, Patterns and Trajectories over the Longue Duree

Description

This major new reference work with contributions from an international team of scholars provides a comprehensive account of ideas and practices of nationhood and nationalism from antiquity to the present. It considers both continuities and discontinuities, engaging critically and analytically with the scholarly literature in the field. Volume I starts with a series of case studies of classical civilizations. It then explores a wide range of pivotal moments and turning points in the history of identity politics during the age of globalization, from 1500 through to the twentieth century. This overview is truly global, covering countries in East and South Asia as well as Europe and the Americas.

Cathie Carmichael is Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia. She has authored and edited several previous books including Language and Nationalism in Europe, co-edited with the late Stephen Barbour (2000) and Genocide before the Holocaust (2009). Matthew D'Auria is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The Shaping of French National Identity: Narrating the Nation's Past, 1715-1830 (2020). Aviel Roshwald is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. His publications include Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires: Central Europe, Russia and the Middle East, 1914-1923 (2001) and The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas (2006).