Nationalizing The Past: Historians As Nation Builders In Modern Europe (writing The Nation: National Histriographies And The Making Of Nation States In The 19th And 20th Century Europe)
by Stefan Berger /
2010 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
