Nations, states, and violence / David D. Laitin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laitin, David D.

Series:

Very short introductions.

Very short introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism.

Nation-state.

Political violence.

China--Civilization--20th century.

China.

China--Civilization--21st century.

China--Civilization--Western influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A powerfully argued and trenchant examination of the sources and consequences of nationalism by one of the world's leading scholars in the field. - ;Nations, States, and Violence presents a revisionist view of the sources of nationalism, the relationship of the nation to culture, and the implications of nationalism and cultural heterogeneity for the future of the nation-state. It accepts the now-standard view that national identities are not inherited traits but constructed communities in order to serve political ends. But the resulting national identities do not emerge from some metaphorical

Contents:

Contents; Figures and Table; 1 The Pandemonium of Nations; 2 National Cascades; 3 The Cultural Foundations of Nationalism; 4 Nations and the Twenty-First Century State; 5 Managing the Multinational State; Notes; References to Author's Own Work; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"References to author's own work": p. 153-155.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4356-1771-1

9786611145439

0-19-152788-2

1-281-14543-2

OCLC:

476243416