The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism

by John Breuilly

Overview

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism comprises thirty six essays by an international team of leading scholars, providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects - ideas, sentiments, politics. Every chapter takes the form of an interpretative essay which, by a combination of thematic focus, comparison, and regional perspective enables the reader to understand nationalism as a distinct and global historical subject.

The book covers the emergence of nationalist ideas, sentiments, and cultural movements before the formation of a world of nation-states as well as nationalist politics before and after the era of the nation-state, with chapters covering Europe, the Middle East, North-East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, and the Americas. Essays on everday national sentiment and race ideas in fascism are accompanied by chapters on nationalist movements opposed to existing nation-states, nationalism and international relations, and the role of external intervention into nationalist disputes within states. In addition, the book looks at the major challenges to nationalism: international socialism, religion, pan-nationalism, and globalization, before a final section considering how historians have approached the subject of nationalism.

Taken separately, the chapters in this Handbook will deepen understanding of nationalism in particular times and places; taken together they will enable the reader to see nationalism as a distinct subject in modern world history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198768203
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/14/2016
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	824
Sales rank:	509,056
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

John Breuilly is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. His main interests are in the history and theory of nationalism and in modern European, especially German history. Recent book publications include Austria, Prussia and the Making of Modern Germany, 1806-1871(2011), Nationalism, Power and Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Germany (2007), and articles and chapters on charismatic leadership and nationalism and on nationalism and global history. He is currently working on a book on the global history of nationalism, also to be published by Oxford University Press.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Concepts, Approaches, Theories, John BreuillyPart I: The Emergence of Nationalism: Ideas and Sentiments2. Nationalisms and Vernaculars, 1500-1800, Peter Burke3. Nationalism: Intellectual Origins, Erica Benner4. Anti-Western Doctrines of Nationalism, Andreas Eckert5. Cultural Nationalism, John HutchinsonPart II: The Emergence of Nationalism: Politics and Power6. Independence and Nationalism in the Americas, Don H. Doyle and Eric Van Young7. The French Revolution, Napoleon, and Nationalism in Europe, Michael Rowe8. Nationalism and National Unification in Nineteenth-Century Europe, John Breuilly9. National Movements in the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, Miroslav Hroch10. Separatist Nationalism in the Romanov and Soviet Empires, Theodore R. Weeks11. Nationalism in the Middle East, 1876-1945, Aviel Roshwald12. Nationalisms in India, 1857-1947, Joya Chatterji13. The Origins of Southeast Asian Nations: A Question of Timing, David Henley14. Nationalism in East Asia, 1839-1945, Rana Mitter15. Nationalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa, Bruce J. Berman and John M. Lonsdale16. Anti-Colonial Nationalism and Patriotism in sub-Saharan Africa, John M. LonsdalePart III: Nationalism in a World of Nation States: Politics and Power17. Nationalism and Imperialism c.1880-1940, John Darwin18. Nationalism in Post-Colonial Africa, Bruce J. Berman19. Latin America: State-Building and Nationalism, Nicola Miller20. State-Building and Nationalism in Nineteenth Century USA, Susan-Mary Grant21. Nationalism in Europe 1918-1945, Oliver Zimmer22. Nationalism in the Arab World Since 1945, Fred Halliday23. Nationalism in Northeast Asia Since 1945, Aaron William Moore24. Nationalism in Post-Independence Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis, John T. Sidel25. Nation-Building and Nationalism: South Asia, 1947-1990, Christophe Jaffrelot26. Nationalism in Southeastern Europe 1970-2000, Sabine RutarPart IV: Nationalism in a World of Nation States: Ideas, Sentiments, and International Relations27. International Society, State Sovereignty, and National Self-Determination, James Mayall28. International Interventions in Nationalist Disputes, Richard Caplan29. Fascism and Racism, Roger Eatwell30. Nationalism without States, Montserrat Guibernau31. National Identity and Everyday Life, Yves DeloyePart V: Challenges to the World of Nation States32. Nationalism and Socialist Internationalism, John Schwarzmantel33. Nationalism and Religion, Peter van der Veer34. Pan-Nationalism of Pan-Islamic, Pan-Asian, and Pan-African Thought, Cemil Aydin35. Nationalism and Globalization, Jurgen OesterhammelPart VI: Nationalist Historiography36. Nationalism and Historical Writing, Paul Lawrence