Nations and nationalism /

First published in 1983, Nations and Nationalism remains one of the most influential explanations of the emergence of nationalism ever written. This updated edition of Ernest Gellner's now-canonical work includes a new introductory essay from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has evolved...

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Main Author: Gellner, Ernest
Other Authors: Breuilly, John, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008, 1983
Edition:Second edition
Series:New perspectives on the past
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250 |a Second edition 
260 |a Ithaca, N.Y. :  |b Cornell University Press,  |c 2008, 1983 
300 |a liii, 152 pages ;  |a viii, 150 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 22 cm. 
440 |a New perspectives on the past  |9 28931 
500 |a Originally published as hbk.: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2006. First printing 1983. Fifth printing 1993. 
504 |a "Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's writings on nationalism / Ian Jarvie": (pages 142-147) 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-141) and index. 
505 0 |a Definitions: State and nation ; The Nation -- Culture in agrarian society: Power and culture in the agro-literature society ; The state in agrarian society ; The varieties of agrarian rulers -- Industrial society: The society of perpetual growth ; Social genetics ; The age of universal high culture -- The transition to an age of nationalism: A note on the weakness of nationalism ; Wild and garden cultures -- What is a nation?; The course of true nationalism never did run smooth -- Social entropy and equality in industrial society: Obstacles to entropy ; Fissures and barriers ; A diversity of focus -- A typology of nationalisms: The varieties of nationalist experience ; Diaspora nationalism -- The future of nationalism: Industrial culture : one or many? -- Nationalism and ideology: Who is for Nuremberg? ; One nation, one state -- Conclusion: What is not being said ; Summary. 
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