Writing National Histories
Author | : Stefan Berger |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2002-01-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134712144 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134712146 |
Rating | : 4/5 (146 Downloads) |
Download or read book Writing National Histories written by Stefan Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.