Nationalizing the Past Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe
Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Writing the Nation: National Historiographies and the Making of Nation States in 19th and 20th Century Europe
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories |
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| Physical Description: | XVI, 545 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230292505 |