Writing National Histories
Western Europe Since 1800
Kevin Passmore editor Stefan Berger editor Mark Donovan editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:3rd Dec '98
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- Hardback£135.00(9780415164269)
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.
ISBN: 9780415164276
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 470g
332 pages