Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism

Author/Creator:: Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. 1936-2015, (Benedict Richard O'Gorman), author
Publication/Creation:: London : Verso, 2016
Resource Type:: Book
Edition:: Revised edition.

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Full Title:: Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism / Benedict Anderson

Table of Contents:: Introduction -- Cultural roots -- The origins of National consciousness -- Creole pioneers -- Old languages, new models -- Official nationalism and imperialism -- The last wave -- Patriotism and racism -- The angel of history -- Census, map, museum -- Memory and forgetting -- Travel and traffic: on the geo-biography of Imagined communities.
Summary:: 'Imagined Communities' examines the creation and function of the 'imagined communities' of nationality and the way these communities were in part created by the growth of the nation-state, the interaction between capitalism and printing and the birth of vernacular languages in early modern Europe.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xv, 240 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:: Originally published : Verso, 1983.