Nationalism and the Reshaping of Urban Communities in Europe, 1848-1914

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • William Whyte, Oliver Zimmer

      Pages 1-13

3. Contested Territory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Municipal and the National in the Bohemian Lands, 1848–1914

      • Jeremy King

      Pages 17-46

   3. Venice 1848–1915: The Venetian Sense of the Past and the Creation of the Italian Nation

      • David Laven

      Pages 47-73

   4. Interpreting Municipal Celebrations of Nation and Empire: The Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888

      • Stephen Jacobson

      Pages 74-109

   5. An Urban Civilization: The Case of Municipal Autonomy in Belgian History 1830–1914

      • Maarten Van Ginderachter

      Pages 110-130

4. Towns and the Nation-State

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Nationalism and the Defence Town: The Case of Karlskrona, Sweden

      • Mary Hilson

      Pages 133-155

   3. Negotiating for Garrisons in France at the Beginning of the Third Republic

      • Jean-François Chanet

      Pages 156-181

   4. Wither the Local? Nationalization, Modernization, and the Mobilization of Urban Communities in England and France, c. 1900–18

      • Pierre Purseigle

      Pages 182-203

   5. Building the Nation in the Town: Architecture and Identity in Britain

      • William Whyte

      Pages 204-233

   6. The Nation is a Town: The Netherlands and the Urban Content of the National ‘Imagined Community’

      • Henk te Velde

      Pages 234-256

   7. Urban Economies and the National Imagination: The German South, 1860–1914

      • Oliver Zimmer

      Pages 257-286

5. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287

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   2. Concluding Remarks and Observations

      • John Breuilly

      Pages 289-301

6. Back Matter

   Pages 302-324

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This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nationalism in different societies and milieus. It will help historians to reassess the role of nationalism both inside and outside the nation state.

• Britain
• England
• Europe
• France
• history
• nation
• nationalism
• Spain

• St John’s College, Oxford, UK

  William Whyte

• University College, Oxford, UK

  Oliver Zimmer

JOHN BREUILLY Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK JEAN-FRANÇOIS CHANET Professor of Modern History at Université Charles de Gaulle - Lille 3, France STEPHEN JACOBSON Independent Scholar and author JEREMY KING Associate Professor of History, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA DAVID LAVEN Senior Lecturer in Italian Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Manchester, UK PIERRE PURSEIGLE Lecturer in History and Director of the Centre for First World War Studies, University of Birmingham, UK HENK TE VELDE Professor of Dutch History and Head of Department, Leiden University, The Netherlands MAARTEN VAN GINDERACHTER Lecturer at the Department of History, Centre of Political History, Antwerp University, Belgium

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