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Imagined communities :

Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. 1936-

Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism / Benedict Anderson. - Rev. ed. - London ; New York ; Verso, 2006. - xv, 240 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index.

Introduction --
Cultural roots --
The origins of national consciousness --
Creole pioneers --
Old languages, new models ---
Official nationalism and imperialism --
The last wave --
Patriotism and racism --
The angel of history --
Census, map, museum --
Memory and forgetting --
Travel and traffic: on the geo-biography of Imagined communities.


'Imagined Communities' examines the creation & function of the 'imagined communities' of nationality & the way these communities were in part created by the growth of the nation-state, the interaction between capitalism & printing & the birth of vernacular languages in early modern Europe.



9781844670864

2006281800


Nationalism--History.

JC311 / .A656 2006

320.54 ANI / 2006