Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism - Hardcover

Ignatieff, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374114404 ISBN 13: 9780374114404

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994

Synopsis

From blood feuds in Bosnia, to guerrilla fighting in Kurdistan, to nationalist movements in Quebec and Germany, this study examines how ethnic pride has been transformed into racial hatred, ethnic cleansing, and nationalistic extremism

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Review:

"Vivid and readable, ["Blood and Belonging] provides unforgettable impressions of societies that are going in the wrong direction on the highway to brotherhood and unity." --David Fromkin, "Book World
"An extraordinary guide, by a richly talented writer and reporter, to the pustular outbreaks of nationalism that keep marring the smooth complexion we expected the world to show after the Cold War. Ignatieff's eye for the heartbreaking detail makes the seeming madness of recent news stories comprehensible in human terms." --Robert Macneil
"Vivid and readable, ["Blood and Belonging"] provides unforgettable impressions of societies that are going in the wrong direction on the highway to brotherhood and unity." --David Fromkin, "Book World "
"An extraordinary guide, by a richly talented writer and reporter, to the pustular outbreaks of nationalism that keep marring the smooth complexion we expected the world to show after the Cold War. Ignatieff's eye for the heartbreaking detail makes the seeming madness of recent news stories comprehensible in human terms." --Robert Macneil

Vivid and readable, ["Blood and Belonging"] provides unforgettable impressions of societies that are going in the wrong direction on the highway to brotherhood and unity. "David Fromkin, Book World"

An extraordinary guide, by a richly talented writer and reporter, to the pustular outbreaks of nationalism that keep marring the smooth complexion we expected the world to show after the Cold War. Ignatieff's eye for the heartbreaking detail makes the seeming madness of recent news stories comprehensible in human terms. "Robert Macneil""

"Vivid and readable, [Blood and Belonging] provides unforgettable impressions of societies that are going in the wrong direction on the highway to brotherhood and unity." --David Fromkin, Book World

"An extraordinary guide, by a richly talented writer and reporter, to the pustular outbreaks of nationalism that keep marring the smooth complexion we expected the world to show after the Cold War. Ignatieff's eye for the heartbreaking detail makes the seeming madness of recent news stories comprehensible in human terms." --Robert Macneil

Book Description:

'Vivid and readable... [It] provides unforgettable impressions of societies that are going in the wrong direction on the highway to brotherhood and unity' - Washington Post Book World

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0374114404
• ISBN 13: 9780374114404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1