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020			_a9781139032551 (ebook)
020			_z9780521764117 (hardback)
020			_z9780521747905 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJC311 _b.H572 2012
082	0	0	_a320.5409 _223
100	1		_aHirschi, Caspar, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Origins of Nationalism : _bAn Alternative History from Ancient Rome to Early Modern Germany / _cCaspar Hirschi.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (253 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIn this wide-ranging work, Caspar Hirschi offers new perspectives on the origins of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Based on extensive study of written and visual sources dating from the ancient to the early modern period, the author re-integrates the history of pre-modern Europe into the study of nationalism, describing it as an unintended and unavoidable consequence of the legacy of Roman imperialism in the Middle Ages. Hirschi identifies the earliest nationalists among Renaissance humanists, exploring their public roles and ambitions to offer new insight into the history of political scholarship in Europe and arguing that their adoption of ancient role models produced massive contradictions between their self-image and political function. This book demonstrates that only through understanding the development of the politics, scholarship and art of pre-modern Europe can we fully grasp the global power of nationalism in a modern political context.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521764117
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139032551
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38562 _d38562