This work examines issues of race and religion with essays from leading international commentators such as Peter Gowan Mahmood Mamdani and Georgi Derluguian.... Lees meer.

This is a book about shifting national identities in Belgium. It aims at explaining why the Belgian identity which in 1830 was so strong that it could create a new nation-state has become so weak that today it has to accept a mere overarching role above and in competi... Lees meer.

This volume combines theoretical analysis with a rich set of case studies to understand how national identity is negotiated across spatial scales. As nationalism and identity have continued as critical global flashpoints this book provides the only up-to-date comprehe... Lees meer.

This offers a comprehensive coverage of ethnic and national identities in the British world in the era which immediately preceded the onset of modern racialist and nationalist thinking. Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength and depth of the... Lees meer.

Nationalism and nationalist ideas are a major force in the contemporary world. This volume brings together original papers from a number of countries dealing both with theories and case studies of particular national contexts. This book was originally published as a spe... Lees meer.

British Identities Heroic Nationalisms and the Gothic Novel 1764-1824 considers three interlocking developments of this period. the emergence of the Gothic novel at a time when national upheavals required the construction of a new nationalist identity the Gothic no... Lees meer.

What role does race geography religion orthography and nationalism play in the crafting of identities. What are the origins of Singlish. This book offers a thorough investigation of old and new identities in Asia s most global city examined through the lens of lan... Lees meer.

Exploring the relationship between fiction and nation formation in the Muslim world through 12 unique studies from Azerbaijan Libya Iran Algeria and Yemen amongst others this book shows how fiction reflects and relates the complex entanglements of nation religion... Lees meer.

Reflecting on the relationship between memory power and national identity this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus s discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a res... Lees meer.

Identity movements based on ethnicity caste language religion and regional identity have become increasingly significant in Nepal reshaping debates on the definition of the nation nationalism and the structure of the state. This book analyzes the rapid rise in et... Lees meer.

Examining the history of nationalism s pervasive influence on modern politics and cultural identities Lloyd Kramer discusses how nationalist ideas gained emotional and cultural power after the revolutionary upheavals in the late eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Natio... Lees meer.

This book examines the role western-education and social standing played in the development of Indian nationalism in the early twentieth century. It highlights the influences that education abroad had on a significant proportion of the Indian population. A large number... Lees meer.

This book investigates nationalisms and the emergence of national identities among the Indigenous peoples across North America. It examines the many difficulties which the Native communities have had to face in order to assert themselves as nations as well as looking... Lees meer.

Ludger Mees offers the first comprehensive study of one of Europe s most protracted ethnic conflicts. In the light of different theoretical and comparative approaches the reasons for the dramatic return of terrorism and the possibilities of a more successful conflict d... Lees meer.

Nationalism has recently been the focus of considerable interest but relatively little is known about nation-building and competing identities in Spain and Portugal. Nationalism has recently been the focus of considerable interest but relatively little is known abo... Lees meer.