Berger, Stefan

The past as history: national identity and historical consciousness in Modern Europe / Stefan Berger, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany ; with Christoph Conrad, University of Geneva, Switzerland - New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. - xiii, 570 p.: ill.; 24 cm.

Includes bibliography and index

1 Introduction - Constructing the Nation through History
2 National History Before the Nation State - from
the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
3 The Invention of European National Traditions During
the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
4 Scientificity and Historiographical Nationalism, 1850-1914
5 National Histories in and between the World Wars
6 National Histories from post-Second World War to post-Cold War
7 Conclusion - What Balance Sheet and What Future
for National Histories?

9780230500099 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781137414090 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Historiography.
Nationalism and historiography.
National characteristics.
Historiography--Europe.
Nationalism and historiography--Europe.
National characteristics, European.

940.072 / BER/P