What Is a Nation?: Europe 1789-1914

by Timothy Baycroft (Editor), Mark Hewitson (Editor)

Nationalism has had global repercussions throughout the modern world, lying at the root of wars, revolutions, and social and cultural movements. This volume analyses and compares different forms of nationalism as they originated and developed in Europe throughout the 'long nineteenth century', and offers an original and authoritative reassessment.

Genres: History, European History, Nonfiction

400 pages

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Tim Baycroft is a senior lecturer in modern history, in particular French history, at the University of Sheffield. He specialises in the topics of Nationalism, identity and memory, and his primary aim in life is to discover what the nation is.

Reviews

[Stephen Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well done re-examination of nationalism in the 19th century, as a series of comparative essays. I definitely need to go back and reread the conclusion, as it was a bit rushed.