Writing National Histories

Writing National Histories
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9781134712151
ISBN-13 : 1134712154
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Book Synopsis Writing National Histories by : Stefan Berger

Download or read book Writing National Histories written by Stefan Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines comparatively how the writing of history by individuals and groups, historians, politicians and journalists has been used to "legitimate" the nation-state agianst socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era. Covering the whole of Western Europe, the book includes discussion of: * history as legitimation in post-revolutionary France * unity and confederation in the Italian Risorgimento * German historians as critics of Prussian conservatism * right-wing history writing in France between the wars * British historiography from Macauley to Trevelyan * the search for national identity in the reunified Germany.


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