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Nationalism and the reshaping of urban communities in Europe, 1848-1914 / edited by William Whyte, Oliver Zimmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--Europe.
- Cities and towns.
- Nationalism--Europe.
- Nationalism.
- Urban policy.
- Europe.
- Urban policy--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- "This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction: Nationalism's Urban Imagination; W.Whyte&O.Zimmer
- PART I: CONTESTED TERRITORY
- The Municipal and the National in the Bohemian Lands, 1862-1914; J.King
- Nationalism and Urbanism in Denmark: The Example of Copenhagen; U.Østergård
- Contesting the Nation in the Municipal Sphere: The Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888; S.Jacobsen
- Venice 1848-1914: The Venetian Sense of the Past and the Creation of the Italian Nation; D.Laven
- PART II: TOWNS AND THE NATION STATE
- Nationalism and the Naval Dockyard Town before the First World War; M.Hilson
- The Garrisons Market in France in the Early Years of the Third Republic; J-F.Chanet
- Wither the Local? Nationalization, Modernization, and the Mobilization of Urban Communities in England and France, 1900-1918; P.Purseigle
- The Nation or the Town? Britain, 1848-1914; W.Whyte
- La Commune c'est Toute la Nation. The Nation and the Town in Belgian History, 1830-1914; M.Van Ginderachter
- Towns, Cities and the Imagined Community of the Dutch Nation; H.te Velde
- Urban Economies and the National Imagination: The German South, 1860-1914; O.Zimmer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230246287
- 0230246281
- OCLC:
- 682894825
- Online:
- Cover image
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