- Paperback: 392 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks (Oct 1 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0192892606
- ISBN-13: 978-0192892607
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #314,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The most comprehensive and up-to-date selection of writings on nationalism, including many of the seminal authors. An excellent collection!"--Frank Tachau, University of Illinois at Chicago
"An amazing amount of information is included. This book contains excerpts from the works of some of the best scholars on nationalism. The authors have a diverse set of views , and...have selected the core parts of these writings for inclusion."--Dean McHeiry, Claremont College
"This type of reader is badly needed for courses that take a serious thematic approach to world history."--J. Michael Allen, Brigham Young University
"This is the first reader to be published on the subject of nationalism in many years. It is an invaluable collection of 49 expertly chosen extracts from the key authors in the field....[W]ill become the standard work in courses on nationalism. Its pithy extracts will introduce students to the breadth of the literature in the field..."--Choice
"Excellent collection of articles with good historical coverage and a useful bibliography. I will certainly adopt it."--Oriol Pi-Sunyer, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Book Description
Nationalism is one of the most powerful forces in the modern world, yet its study has only recently gained popularity. This reader gives historical depth to the recent debates on nationalism and traces the development of thought on nationalism across a wide range of issues with reference to texts spanning from Ernest Renan's What is a Nation? in the 1880s to current views given in the 1990s. Issues covered include the definitions of the nation and of nationalism, theories of nationalism, the origins of nations, nationalism in Europe, the Third World and within the International System, and the future of nationalism itself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Indispensable resource,
This review is from: Nationalism (Paperback)
This is a reader that covers the various theories of nationalism as well as varieties of nationalism itself. This makes it a largely indispensable supplement, handbook and reference work for anyone interested in nationalism. This is particularly true today as the scholarship on this social phenomenon continues to grow unabated, and since it is patently obvious that nationalism hardly seems about to disappear. The reader contains important extracts from the major works on nationalism by some of the most important early theorists such as Renan, Max Weber and Stalin (although the views of Marx and Engels themselves or Lord Acton and Friedrich Meinecke would have been welcome additions) and almost all of the most important contemporary scholars (Gellner, Anderson, Connor, A. Smith, etc.). The texts are well-selected and organized, and it really contributes to making a very complex subject and a daunting field of scholarship seem a little easier to grasp.
5.0 out of 5 stars
comprehensive reader of theories of nationalism,
This review is from: Nationalism (Paperback)
Professors John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith, both at the London School of Economics, have put together here a great collection of texts from the major writers on nationalism over the last 100 years. Starting with Ernest Renan, Joseph Stalin and Max Weber, the book also includes extracts from Benedict Anderson, Walker Connor, Partha Chatterjee, Karl Deutsch, Ernest Gellner, Liah Greenfeld, EJ Hobsbawm, Donald Horowitz, Elie Kedourie, Hans Kohn, James Mayall, Tom Nairn, and Anthony Smith himself, in addition to many others. As in Smith's _Nationalism and Modernism_, all perspectives of the field are represented here. There are 49 essays organized into seven chapters, complete with an introduction to each plus notes, a bibliography, information about each author and an index.This book is a definite must for anyone interested in nationalism.
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comprehensive reader of theories of nationalism,
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This review is from: Nationalism (Paperback)
Professors John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith, both at the London School of Economics, have put together here a great collection of texts from the major writers on nationalism over the last 100 years. Starting with Ernest Renan, Joseph Stalin and Max Weber, the book also includes extracts from Benedict Anderson, Walker Connor, Partha Chatterjee, Karl Deutsch, Ernest Gellner, Liah Greenfeld, EJ Hobsbawm, Donald Horowitz, Elie Kedourie, Hans Kohn, James Mayall, Tom Nairn, and Anthony Smith himself, in addition to many others. As in Smith's _Nationalism and Modernism_, all perspectives of the field are represented here. There are 49 essays organized into seven chapters, complete with an introduction to each plus notes, a bibliography, information about each author and an index.This book is a definite must for anyone interested in nationalism. 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Indispensable resource,
By Edward Bosnar - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nationalism (Paperback)
This is a reader that covers the various theories of nationalism as well as varieties of nationalism itself. This makes it a largely indispensable supplement, handbook and reference work for anyone interested in nationalism. This is particularly true today as the scholarship on this social phenomenon continues to grow unabated, and since it is patently obvious that nationalism hardly seems about to disappear. The reader contains important extracts from the major works on nationalism by some of the most important early theorists such as Renan, Max Weber and Stalin (although the views of Marx and Engels themselves or Lord Acton and Friedrich Meinecke would have been welcome additions) and almost all of the most important contemporary scholars (Gellner, Anderson, Connor, A. Smith, etc.). The texts are well-selected and organized, and it really contributes to making a very complex subject and a daunting field of scholarship seem a little easier to grasp.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent summary of Nationalism,
By T. P. Ang - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nationalism (Paperback)
This book is a reader on nationalism that does an excellent summary - perhaps the best summary around - of all the key developments on thought about nationalism. This is a field that has rapidly expanded over the last few decades and thus profits greatly from this work of synthesis and comparative analysis. One of the great things about the book is its inclusion of extracts from the writings of luminaries in the field, from Joseph Stalin and Max Weber to more recent commentators like Eric Hosbawm and Benedict Anderson.The book is divided into a number of chapters, each with an introduction and a selection of extracts from a number of writers. The chapter headings alone indicate the sheer breadth of the book: 1. The question of definition 2. Theories of nationalism 3. The rise of nations 4. Nationalism in Europe 5. Nationalism outside Europe 6. Nationalism and the international system 7. Beyond nationalism? Students will find this extremely useful as a general survey of the subject. General readers will also be interested the issues flagged up, which bear immense relevance to contemporary politics, society and culture. A five-star contribution to the field. |
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