The nation as a local metaphor : Württemberg, imperial Germany, and national memory, 1871-1918 /

All nations make themselves up as they go along, but not all make themselves up in the same way. In this study, Alon Confino explores how Germans turned national and argues that they imagined the nation as an extension of their local place. In 1871, the work of political unification had been complet...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Confino, Alon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
1871-1918
Nationalism > Germany > Württemberg.
National characteristics, German.
Collective memory > Germany.
Nationalisme > Allemagne > Wurtemberg.
Allemands.
Mémoire collective > Allemagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism.
Collective memory
Nationalism.
Politics and government
Nationalbewusstsein
Nationale identiteit.
Nationalisme.
Württemberg (Germany) > Politics and government.
Germany > Politics and government > 1871-1918.
Wurtemberg (Allemagne) > Politique et gouvernement.
Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1871-1918.
Germany.
Germany > Württemberg.
Württemberg
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Thinking about German nationhood, 1871-1918
  • pt. 1. Germany and Wurttemberg: an uncomfortable coexistence in Sedan Day
  • The nation in the locality
  • Sedan Day: a memory for all the Germans?
  • An unfulfilled national community
  • pt. 2. Germany and Wurttemberg: a nation of heimats
  • A system of knowledge and sensibilities
  • A national lexicon
  • The nation in the mind
  • Afterword: Heimat, Germany, and Europe.

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