The Nation in History: Historiographical Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism

by Anthony D. Smith

Book Overview

In the first theoretical analysis of historiographical debates about ethnicity and nationalism, Anthony Smith provides a probing account of historians' assumptions and explanations of nationalism in different historical epochs. Ranging broadly over the contributions and divergent perspectives of historians, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and others who have contributed to these fundamental debates, Smith codifies the most cogent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584650400
• ISBN13: 9781584650409
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Historical Society of Israel
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"