An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. This text analyses nationalism in Europe from the French Revolution to the Second World War. Drawing on a wide range of examples, Timothy Baycroft explains what characterises modern nations, what the theoretical roots of nationalism are, and what interaction there has been with other significant theories. The book alsot presents reasons for the overwhelming importance of nationalism in the development of modern European history. The result is a concise description of the ways in which nationalism spread through Europe and its consequences for European civilisation. Nationalism in Europe contains a selection of primary and secondary sources.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Perspectives in History .

There are 104 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Cambridge University Press .

This book has the following chapters: 1. The French Revolution and the idea of nation; 2. The growth of a Europe of nations 1814-1870; 3. History, popular will and the nation; 4. Culture, ethnicity and the nation; 5. Class versus nation; 6. Nationalism's popular phase 1870-1914; 7. Imperialism and nationalism; 8. Nationalism in conflict 1914-1945; 9. Conclusion.