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Private Property and the Origins of Nationalism in the United States and Norway

The Making of Propertied Communities

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Authors:
  1. Eirik Magnus Fuglestad

    1. Ruralis—Institute for Rural and Regional Research, Trondheim, Norway

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  • Presents a historical comparative analysis of nationalism in the United States and Norway from 1760 through 1880

  • Argues that widespread individual ownership of land became central to the concept of national popular sovereignty

  • Offers new insights into how agrarian societies transition to industrialism

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: A Property Rights Perspective to the Study of Nationalism

    • Eirik Magnus Fuglestad
    Pages 1-29

  3. Agrarian Moment: Land and Freedom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-37
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    2. America: “Destined to Let Freedom Grow”

      • Eirik Magnus Fuglestad
      Pages 39-77

    3. Norway: “A Free Constitution … Was Centuries in the Making”

      • Eirik Magnus Fuglestad
      Pages 79-129

  4. Industrial Moment: Land to Labour

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      Pages 131-132
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    2. The Industrial Moment in America—“Irrepressible Conflict”

      • Eirik Magnus Fuglestad
      Pages 133-168

    3. The Industrial Transformation in Norway—The Will of the People

      • Eirik Magnus Fuglestad
      Pages 169-193

  5. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. The Nation as a Propertied Community

      • Eirik Magnus Fuglestad
      Pages 197-217

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 219-223
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In the eighteenth century, before a national political movement took hold in either the United States or Norway, both countries were agrarian societies marked by widespread private land ownership. Tracing the emergence and development of national ideology in each, Eirik Magnus Fuglestad argues that land ownership became tied up with these national ideologies and was ultimately a central driver of nationalism. In this book, the United States and Norway emerge as propertied communities, shaped by historical narratives of self-government and by property regimes that linked popular sovereignty with land ownership. Covering the mid-eighteenth century through industrialization in the nineteenth century, this book lays the groundwork for understanding the rise of nationalism as an agrarian, landed phenomenon, which later became the foundation of industrial society.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ruralis—Institute for Rural and Regional Research, Trondheim, Norway

    Eirik Magnus Fuglestad

About the author

Eirik Magnus Fuglestad completed his PhD at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is currently employed at Ruralis – Institute for Rural and Regional Research, Norway.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Private Property and the Origins of Nationalism in the United States and Norway

  • Book Subtitle: The Making of Propertied Communities

  • Authors: Eirik Magnus Fuglestad

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89950-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89949-7Published: 15 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07902-4Published: 30 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89950-3Published: 01 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 223

  • Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, US History, European History, Historical Sociology

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