Writing National Histories

Name: Writing National Histories
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book examines comparatively how the writing of history has been used to 'legitimate' the nation-state against socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era. > This book examines comparatively how the writing of history by individuals and groups, historians, politicians and journalists has been used to \""legitimate\"" the nation-state agianst socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era. Covering the whole of Western Europe, the book includes discussion of:* history as legitimation in post-revolutionary France* unity and confederation in the Italian Risorgimento* German historians as critics of Prussian conservatism* right-wing history writing in France between the wars* British historiography from Macauley to Trevelyan* the search for national identity in the reunified Germany. > PART I Comparative perspectives 1 Apologias for the nation-state in Western Europe since 1800 2 Nationalism and historiography, 1789\u20131996: the Ge.