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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mac Laughlin, Jim
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2001.
Subjects:
1800-1899
National characteristics, Irish > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Irish question.
Irlandais > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Nationalisme > Irlande > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Question irlandaise.
HISTORY.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
National characteristics, Irish.
Nationalism.
Politics and government
Nationalisme.
Política e governo > Século 19 > Irlanda.
Ireland > Politics and government > 19th century.
Irlande > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Ireland.
Nacionalismo.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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