The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism: Volume 1, Patterns and Trajectories over the Longue Durée

Cathie Carmichael is Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia. She has authored and edited several previous books including Language and Nationalism in Europe, co-edited with the late Stephen Barbour (2000) and Genocide before the Holocaust (2009). Matthew D'Auria is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The Shaping of French National Identity: Narrating the Nation's Past, 1715–1830 (2020). Aviel Roshwald is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. His publications include Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires: Central Europe, Russia and the Middle East, 1914–1923 (2001) and The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas (2006).

Part I. The Politics of Ethnicity, Nationhood and Belonging in the Settings of Classical Civilizations: 1. Nationality and ethnicity in the ancient near east Steven Grosby; 2. Nationhood: Was there such a thing in antiquity? Erich S. Gruen; 3. The holy roman empire Len Scales; 4. Ancient China Yuri Pines; 5. Politicized ethnicity in pre-colonial southeast Asia Michael W. Charney; 6. 'India' before the Raj: Space and identity in south Asian history Ananya Chakravarti; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Paradigm Shifts and Turning Points in the Era of Globalization (1500 to the Present): 7. Colonial expansion and the making of nations: The Spanish case Tamar Herzog; 8. The reformation and national identity Gabriele Haug-Moritz; 9. Europe's eighteenth century and the quest for the Nation's origins Matthew D'Auria; 10. Empire, war and racial hierarchy in the making of the Atlantic revolutionary nations Malick W. Ghachem; 11. The rise of the Charismatic nation: Romantic and Risorgimento nationalism (Europe, 1800-1914) Joep Leerssen; 12. Revolution and independence in Spanish America Jaime E. Rodríguez O.; 13. A tale of two cities: The American civil war Susan-Mary Grant; 14. The cycle of inevitability in imperial and republican identities in China Pamela Kyle Crossley; 15. Colonial subjects and the struggle for self-determination, 1880-1918 Dane Kennedy; 16. The First World War Jan Vermeiren; 17. Anticolonialism and Nationalism in the French empire Michael Goebel; 18. Patriotism in the second world war: Comparative perspectives on countries under axis occupation Aviel Roshwald; 19. Decolonization and the cold war Leslie James; 20. 1968: The death of nationalism? Anna von der Goltz; Conclusion to Part II; Index.