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The Past as History: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in Modern Europe
The book provides a synthesis of the development of the genre of national history writing in Europe, in particular it seeks to illuminate the relationship between history writing and the construction of national identities in modern Europe.
- GenresHistory
583 pages, Hardcover
First published September 17, 2014
About the author
Stefan Berger
163 books7 followersStefan Berger is a Professor of Social History at the Ruhr University Bochum. He specializes in nationalism and national identity studies, historiography and historical theory, comparative labour studies, and the history of industrial heritage.
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October 10, 2021
Nog meer studie!!! Dit boek heeft 200 pagina’s appendix en references en index, heerlijk
February 17, 2026
boek voor m’n literature seminar. mega dense en zijn schrijfstijl had wel even terug naar de editor gemogen
September 15, 2018
Well written and really impressive how many different national case studies Berger has explored. I think almost every country/sub-region is mentioned and discussed.
October 2, 2022
Nogal droog. De these dat nationale identiteit een constructie is, en dat deze constructie door historici gepropageerd is vond ik overtuigend. Minder overtuigend vond ik de conclusie dat elke collectieve identiteit inherent een constructie is, en dat hyperindividualisme de oplossing is voor de problemen van nationalisme.
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