Writing National Histories - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415164273 ISBN 13: 9780415164276

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Writing National Histories examines comparatively how the writing of history by individuals and groups, historians, politicians and journalists, has been used to 'legitimate' the nation-state, focusing on the nation-building of the nineteenth century and the subsequent struggle to defend the nation-state against socialist, communist and Catholic internationalism in the modern era.

About the Author:

Stefan Berger is Senior Lecturer in German History, Mark Donovan is Lecturer in Italian Politics and Kevin Passmore is Lecturer in Modern European History. All teach at University of Wales, Cardiff. teach in

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0415164273
• ISBN 13: 9780415164276
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Berger Stefan