The Creation of National Identities: Europe, 18th--20th Centuries

by Anne-Marie Thiesse

There is nothing more international than the formation of national identities. From barbarian epics to ethnographic museums, from national languages to emblematic landscapes or typical costumes, this book retraces the cultural fabrication of the European nations, documenting how national identities are not facts of nature but constructions.

The list of basic elements of a national identity is well known: ancestral founders, a history, heroes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004366709
• ISBN13: 9789004366701
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 248 Pages