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Reimagining the nation-state : the contested terrains of nation-building /

This book assesses competing modes of nation-building and nationalism through a critical reappraisal of the works of key theorists such as Benedict Anderson and Eric Hobsbawm. Exploring the processes of nation building from a variety of ethnic and social class contexts, it focuses on the contested t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mac Laughlin, Jim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The naturalisation of nation-building in the nineteenth century
  • English nation-building and seventeenth century Ireland
  • "Political arithmetic" and the early origins of the "troublesome Irish"
  • Theorising the nation in Ireland
  • Nationalising people, places, and historical records in nineteenth century Ireland
  • Social and ethnic collectivities in nation-building ireland
  • Pressing home the nation
  • Political pamphlets and provincial newspapers in unionist Ulster
  • Mapping the imagined community of the nation in Ireland.