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Nations and their Histories

Constructions and Representations

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Susana Carvalho

    1. Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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  2. François Gemenne

    1. Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University of Liège, Belgium
      Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Sciences Po, Paris, France

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Susana Carvalho, François Gemenne
      Pages 1-3

  4. Present Representations of National Histories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Eternal France: Crisis and National Self-Perception in France, 1870–2005

      • Robert Gildea
      Pages 139-156

    3. Cuisine, Nationality and the Making of a National Meal: The English Breakfast

      • Kaori O’Connor
      Pages 157-171

    4. National Restoration and Moral Renewal: The Dialectics of the Past in the Emergence of Modern Israel

      • Allon Gal
      Pages 172-188

    5. Crafting Iranian Nationalism: Intersectionality of Aryanism, Westernism and Islamism

      • Azadeh Kian, Gilles Riaux
      Pages 189-203

    6. The Union Des Populations Du Cameroun, from Vilification to National Recognition: The Evolution of State Discourses on the Nationalist Political Party in Post-Colonial Cameroon

      • Carine Nsoudou
      Pages 204-222

    7. Refashioning Sub-National Pasts for Post-National Futures: The Xhosa Cattle Killing in Recent South African Literature

      • Jennifer Wenzel
      Pages 223-236

    8. A Season of War: Warriors, Veterans and Warfare in American Nationalism

      • Susan-Mary Grant
      Pages 237-254

    9. Sinocentricism and the National Question in China

      • Eric Hyer
      Pages 255-273

    10. Nation, History, Museum: The Politics of the Past at the National Museum of Australia

      • Ben Wellings
      Pages 274-288
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About this book

Nations and their Histories highlights the importance of the past and its uses in the formation of modern nations and national identities. The book looks at the construction of different national historiographies as well as present representations of the past in the political and cultural life of nations, covering the five continents.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Susana Carvalho

  • Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University of Liège, Belgium

    François Gemenne

  • Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, Sciences Po, Paris, France

    François Gemenne

About the editors

SUSANA CARVALHO is a research student in the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. From 2006 to 2007, she was the Deputy Editor of Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism and the Co-Chair of ASEN.

FRANÇOIS GEMENNE is a research fellow and junior lecturer with the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) at Sciences Po in Paris, France. From 2005 to 2006, he was the Managing Director of Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism.

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