The nation as a local metaphor Württemberg, imperial Germany, and national memory, 1871-1918

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. In 1871, the work of political unification had been complet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Confino, Alon (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press 1997.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Thinking about German nationhood, 1871-1918
  • Pt. 1. Germany and Wurttemberg: an uncomfortable coexistence in Sedan Day
  • The nation in the locality
  • Sedan Day: a memory for all the Germans?
  • An unfulfilled national community
  • Pt. 2. Germany and Wurttemberg: a nation of heimats
  • A system of knowledge and sensibilities
  • A national lexicon
  • The nation in the mind
  • Afterword: Heimat, Germany, and Europe.