The Nation as a Local Metaphor: Wurttemberg, Imperial Germany, and National Memory, 1871-1918 - Softcover

Confino, Alon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807846651 ISBN 13: 9780807846650

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997

Synopsis

All nations make themselves up as they go along, but not all make themselves up in the same way. In this study, Alon Confino explores how Germans turned national and argues that they imagined the nation as an extension of their local place.

About this title

Review:

Offers an important and well-researched analysis.

"German Quarterly"

"Well-written, lavishly illustrated, and meticulously documented.

"Choice""

A skillful guide through the thicket of nationalist practices.

"Virginia Quarterly Review"

[A] political sociology that confirms the positive contributions that still can be made by the best in the academy.

"European Legacy"

Gives new insight into the culture of imperial Germany as well as the wider interpretation of European nationalism.

"American Historical Review"

Well-written, lavishly illustrated, and meticulously documented.

"Choice"

ƯA¨ political sociology that confirms the positive contributions that still can be made by the best in the academy.

"European Legacy"

About the Author:

ALON CONFINO is professor of history at the University of Virginia. He is author of the award-winning The Nation as a Local Metaphor: Wurttemberg, Imperial Germany, and National Memory (from the University of North Carolina Press) and coeditor of The Work of Memory: New Directions in the Study of German Society and Culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0807846651
• ISBN 13: 9780807846650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298