| Title | : | Writing National Histories |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Stefan Berger, Mark Donovan & Kevin Passmore |
| Release | : | 2002-01-22 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History, Books, European History |
| Size | : | 2131973 |
| This book examines comparatively how the writing of history by individuals and groups, historians, politicians and journalists has been used to "legitimate" the nation-state agianst socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era. Covering the whole of Western Europe, the book includes discussion of: * history as legitimation in post-revolutionary France * unity and confederation in the Italian Risorgimento * German historians as critics of Prussian conservatism * right-wing history writing in France between the wars * British historiography from Macauley to Trevelyan * the search for national identity in the reunified Germany. |
