Nationhood from below [electronic resource] : Europe in the long nineteenth century / edited by Maarten Van Ginderachter, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Antwerp, Marnix Beyen, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Antwerp.

Scholars acknowledge nationalism as a central force in nineteenth-century European history. Yet, they have seldom investigated what the nation meant to ordinary people. In this book, both renowned historians and younger scholars try to answer this question for a host of European countries, including...

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