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Nationalizing the Past : Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe /

Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Berger, Stefan (Editor), Lorenz, Chris (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Writing the Nation: National Historiographies and the Making of Nation States in 19th and 20th Century Europe.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
European History.
Historiography and Method.
Modern History.
Political History.
Social History.
Civilization > History.
Historiography.
History, Modern.
Social history.
World politics.
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 529 pages)
ISBN:9780230292505
DOI:10.1057/9780230292505