The Everyday Nationalism of Workers – A Social History of Modern Belgium Van

The Everyday Nationalism of WorkersA Social History of Modern Belgium\nAuthor(s): Maarten Van Ginderachter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503609051, 978-1503609051\nSynopsis\nThe Everyday Nationalism of Workers upends common notions about how European nationalism is lived and experienced by ordinary peopleand the bottom-up impact these everyday expressions of nationalism exert on institutionalized nationalism writ large. Drawing on sources from the major urban and working-class centers of Belgium, Maarten Van Ginderachter uncovers the everyday nationalism of the rank and file of the socialist Belgian Workers Party between 1880 and World War I, a period in which Europe experienced the concurrent rise of nationalism and socialism as mass movements. \n\n Analyzing sources fromnot just aboutordinary workers, Van Ginderachter reveals the limits of nation-building from above and the potential of agenc.