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Book SynopsisExplores the processes of nationalism and national identity formation in the half century that followed the War of the Pacific. This book considers the national projects of Peru and Chile in the disputed territories and shows how these efforts were received among the diverse social strata of the region.

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Book SynopsisThe metaphor of the nomad may at first seem surprising for Russia given its history of serfdom, travel restrictions, and strict social hierarchy. This book traces the image of the nomad and its relationship to Russian national identity through the debates and discussion of works by writers like Karamzin, Pushkin, Goncharov, and Dostoevsky.Trade ReviewThis monograph makes an important contribution to scholarship on classical Russian literature and thought. * Slavonic and East European Review *A Nation Astray shows that normative ideas of civilization, originating in Western Europe, put Russia in a difficult situation, from which the road and the nomad offered one, sometimes elusive, escape. * The Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisCambodia's Second Kingdom is an exploration of the role of nationalist imaginings, discourses, and narratives in Cambodia since the 1993 reintroduction of a multiparty democratic system.Trade ReviewCambodia’s Second Kingdom provides unique insight into the dynamics of Cambodian elites’ representations of their respective visions for the nation in multiparty politics after the United Nations-sponsored general election in 1993... [t]his book offers an excellent example of discourse analysis and will be a good reference on Cambodia’s domestic politics for years to come. * Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences *Offers some interesting theoretical insights.... Most arguments are developed in a way that is theoretically and analytically interesting, as well as empirically rich. To that extent, the book is worth reading and is likely to gain attention at a time when liberal democracy, human rights, and globalization come under challenge and are still in retreat, as evident in various regions of the world, including Southeast Asia. * Pacific Affairs *

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Book SynopsisThis updated second edition presents nationalism as the most important social force shaping the ways in which people live their lives. It explains the formative influence of nationalism in the public spheres of politics and the economy, as well as the private spheres of emotional wellbeing and mental illness.

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Book SynopsisThis updated second edition presents nationalism as the most important social force shaping the ways in which people live their lives. It explains the formative influence of nationalism in the public spheres of politics and the economy, as well as the private spheres of emotional wellbeing and mental illness.

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Book SynopsisHow school reformers in the Progressive Erawho envisioned the public school as the quintessential American institutionlaid the groundwork for contemporary battles over the structure and curriculum of public schools. Around the turn of the twentieth century, a generation of school reformers began touting public education's unique capacity to unite a diverse and diffuse citizenry while curing a broad swath of social and political ills. They claimed that investing in education would equalize social and economic relations, strengthen democracy, and create high-caliber citizens equipped for the twentieth century, all while preserving the nation's sacred traditions. More than anything, they pitched the public school as a quintessentially American institution, a patriotic symbol in its own rightand the key to perfecting the American experiment. In Making Schools American, Cody Dodge Ewert makes clear that nationalism was the leading argument for schooling during the Progressive Era. BringTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. The Main Hope of the Nation1. Spreading "the Spirit of Patriotism": Recasting Public Education in Late-Nineteenth-Century New York State2. Schools on Parade: Building a National School Reform Movement in the 1890s3. Americanizing Zion: Public Education and the Mormon Question, 1887–19004. Building a "Purer, Better, Braver Citizenship": Civics in Progressive Era Utah5. Heroic Past, Shameful Present: Progress, Tradition, and School Reform in Texas, 1907–1923EpilogueNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Transnational Nationalism and Collective Identity among the American Irish, Howard Lune considers the development and mobilization of different nationalisms over 125 years of Irish diasporic history (17911920) and how these campaigns defined the Irish nation and Irish citizenship.Lune takes a collective approach to exploring identity, concentrating on social identities in which organizations are the primary creative agent to understand who we are and how we come to define ourselves. As exiled Irishmen moved to the United States, they sought to create a new Irish republic following the American model. Lune traces the construction of Irish American identity through the establishment and development of Irish nationalist organizations in the United States. He looks at how networkssuch as societies, clubs, and private organizationscan influence and foster diaspora, nationalism, and nationalist movements.By separating nationalism from the physical nation, Transnational Nationalism and ColTrade Review“In his brilliant and pathbreaking reflection on the transnational field of Irish nationalism, Howard Lune has provided a succinct analysis of nationalist movements. He convincingly employs insights from studies on nationalism, cross-border identities, and transnational collective action. Lune’s superb account suggests that organizational and transnational perspectives are essential for understanding and critically dealing with central questions of nationalism not only for the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but also for the globalized world of the twenty-first century. This book is bound to become an essential guide for a new generation of social scientists debating how transnational action and transnationally organized collective identity formation shape cross-border nationalism.” —Thomas Faist, Professor of Sociology, Bielefeld University, and author of The Transnationalized Social Question: Migration and the Politics of Social Inequalities in the Twenty-First Century“ In Transnational Nationalism and Collective Identity among the American Irish, Howard Lune reveals the interrelationships among individuals and organizations committed to achieving independence for the Irish nation. The aspiration for an independent Irish nation dates from the Enlightenment and later spread throughout the diaspora, creating a transnational movement that still influences Ireland. This is a major contribution to our understanding of social movements, transnational nationalism, organizational fields, collective identity, and the complex relationships between Irish and Irish-American nationalists.” —Robert W. White, Professor of Sociology, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and author of Out of the Ashes: An Oral History of the Provisional Irish Republican MovementTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Nationalist Visions 3. Exporting Nationalism 4. Unfriendly Societies 5. “The Weaponed Arm of the Patriot” 6. Realization 7. Transnational Echoes Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn Transnational Nationalism and Collective Identity among the American Irish, Howard Lune considers the development and mobilization of different nationalisms over 125 years of Irish diasporic history (17911920) and how these campaigns defined the Irish nation and Irish citizenship.Lune takes a collective approach to exploring identity, concentrating on social identities in which organizations are the primary creative agent to understand who we are and how we come to define ourselves. As exiled Irishmen moved to the United States, they sought to create a new Irish republic following the American model. Lune traces the construction of Irish American identity through the establishment and development of Irish nationalist organizations in the United States. He looks at how networkssuch as societies, clubs, and private organizationscan influence and foster diaspora, nationalism, and nationalist movements.By separating nationalism from the physical nation, Transnational Nationalism and ColTrade Review“In his brilliant and pathbreaking reflection on the transnational field of Irish nationalism, Howard Lune has provided a succinct analysis of nationalist movements. He convincingly employs insights from studies on nationalism, cross-border identities, and transnational collective action. Lune’s superb account suggests that organizational and transnational perspectives are essential for understanding and critically dealing with central questions of nationalism not only for the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but also for the globalized world of the twenty-first century. This book is bound to become an essential guide for a new generation of social scientists debating how transnational action and transnationally organized collective identity formation shape cross-border nationalism.” —Thomas Faist, Professor of Sociology, Bielefeld University, and author of The Transnationalized Social Question: Migration and the Politics of Social Inequalities in the Twenty-First Century“ In Transnational Nationalism and Collective Identity among the American Irish, Howard Lune reveals the interrelationships among individuals and organizations committed to achieving independence for the Irish nation. The aspiration for an independent Irish nation dates from the Enlightenment and later spread throughout the diaspora, creating a transnational movement that still influences Ireland. This is a major contribution to our understanding of social movements, transnational nationalism, organizational fields, collective identity, and the complex relationships between Irish and Irish-American nationalists.” —Robert W. White, Professor of Sociology, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and author of Out of the Ashes: An Oral History of the Provisional Irish Republican MovementTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Nationalist Visions 3. Exporting Nationalism 4. Unfriendly Societies 5. “The Weaponed Arm of the Patriot” 6. Realization 7. Transnational Echoes Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTo the surprise of many, the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991, and out of its ruins arose an independent Ukraine. This was a remarkable achievement, and one that owed much to activities in Galicia, as Paul Robert Magocsi reveals here.Magocsi begins with a brief historical survey of Galicia, where Ukrainian national and cultural interests have long flourished. His subsequent essays focus on the role played by Galicia during the nineteenth century, when Ukrainians were struggling for recognition as a distinct nationality. He places Galicia in the larger context of Ukrainian and eastern European politics, then follows with studies of the nuts and bolts of nation building – language, culture, ideology and so on. He also explores the influence of the Habsburg Empire in creating unique conditions for Ukraine's national and social revival, and considers the impact of both Habsburg and Soviet rule on the Ukrainian national psyche.This study provides a solid bac

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Book SynopsisWhat makes a person call a particular place ''home''? Does it follow simply from being born there? Is it the result of a language shared with neighbours or attachment to a familiar landscape? Perhaps it is a piece of music, or a painting, or even a travelogue that captures the essence of home. And what about the sense of belonging that inspires nationalist or local autonomy movements? Each of these can be a marker of identity, but all are ambiguous. Where you were born has a different meaning if, like so many modern Germans, you have moved on and now live elsewhere. Representing the ''national interest'' in parliament becomes more difficult when voters demand attention to local and regional issues or when ethnic tensions erupt. In all these situations the landscape of ''home'' takes on a more elusive meaning.Localism, Landscape, and the Ambiguities of Place is about the German nation state and the German-speaking lands beyond it, from the 1860s to the 1930s. The authorsTrade Review'[Blackbourn and Retallack] address the important question of how these various possible forms of collective identification could be combined in the minds of individuals ... [By focusing] the lens on the subnational level to trace ambiguous feelings of belonging over time ... the volume reminds us that questions of German identities became more, not less, complicated with the foundation of the Empire.' -- Christian M ller The Historical Journal: vol 53:03:10 'The contribution this volume makes to the field of cultural studies goes well beyond its German scope. Its greatest contribution - the whole being larger than the sum of the parts - lies in its testing and stretching of theories of place and identity. In the end, Localism, Landscape, and the Ambiguities of Place exposes some of the very assumptions that have gone into the notion of hybridity itself.' -- Peter Blickle German Quarterly

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Book SynopsisLiterature and historical writing among the Czechs, as among many other nations lacking a political state, played a vital role in promoting national consciousness. This volume, written to honour the seventieth birthday of the eminent Czech historian Otakar Odložík, contains essays by outstanding scholars from Canada, Czechoslovakia, Britain, and the United States which examine significant episodes in the development of modern Czech nationalism from its origins in the late eighteenth century to the birth of an independent nation after the First World War. The main emphasis is on the middle decades of the nineteenth century, which were crucial for mapping the direction Czech nationalism was to take during the subsequent hundred years. The stand of the Czech and Slovak peoples in the crisis of August 1968 reflected the deep roots of their patriotism which developed during the nineteenth-century national renascence.This volume contains essays on Dobrovský, the pioneer

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Book SynopsisA concise history that proves that dissent is patrioticThe history of America is a history of dissent. Protests against the British Parliament's taxation policies led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. At the Constitutional Convention the founders put the right to protest in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. In the nineteenth century, dissenters protested against the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, they demanded the abolition of slavery, suffrage for women, and fair treatment for workers. In the twentieth century, millions of Americans participated in the Civil Rights Movement, the antiwar movement, and second-wave feminism. In the twenty-first century, hundreds of thousands protested the war in Iraq, joined the 2011 Occupy movement, the 2017 Women's March, and the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings. The crowds grew larger than ever, but the sentiments expressed were familiar. There have been dissenting Americans for as long as there has been an Trade ReviewClear and elegant; a page-turner. Young convincingly demonstrates that the history of the United States is inextricably linked to dissent and shows how 'protest is one of the consummate expressions of Americanness.' * Publishers Weekly (starred), praise for DISSENT *French historian Alexis de Tocqueville warned about 'the tyranny of the majority' in American democracy. This work deals with that important topic from colonial times to the present. Young brings experience and knowledge to this subject. This history will satisfy fans of Howard Zinn, Pete Seeger, and Allen Ginsberg. * Library Journal, praise for DISSENT *A broad-ranging, evenhanded view of a tradition honed into an art form in America. Young has a knack for finding obscure but thoroughly revealing moments of history to illustrate his points; learning about Fries' Rebellion and the Quasi-War with France is worth the price of admission alone, though his narrative offers much more besides. Refreshingly democratic, solid supplemental reading to the likes of Terkel and Alinsky, insistent on upholding the rights of political minorities even when they're wrong. * Kirkus Reviews, praise for DISSENT *The Temple University historian Ralph Young's Dissent, a beautifully written, always-interesting, and analytically smart synthesis of American history, contends that dissent has shaped our world from the Puritans to the Barack Obama presidency. Here is wishing Young's big book a shelf life as long as the works of Hofstadter, Williams, and Zinn. * Journal of American History *As we navigate a media world that is designed to enrage and often deceive, there has never been a better moment to revisit the role that dissent plays in refreshing our political vision. Dissent is, as Young ably shows, the opposite of polarization because it demands that we not only confront ideas that make us uncomfortable or even angry but also discuss them so that we can overcome new national challenges together as neighbors and patriots. -- Claire Potter, The New School for Social ResearchRalph Young is no stranger when it comes to discussing and analyzing the importance of dissent in America's past and present. In this latest effort, he expands our appreciation and understanding of the centrality of vigorous debate and passive and organized resistance to our identity as patriotic citizens. Both an excellent primer for students and a strong refresher for interested readers, American Patriots is a timely and much-needed reminder of our obligations to resist political and social injustices as they continue to appear. Well done, Ralph! -- Bobby A. Wintermute, Queens College, City University of New YorkIn this moment when our most basic civil liberties and civil rights are under such serious assault, and when the forces of repression and hate are clearly on the rise, American Patriots is a most essential read. It is a reminder that the American determination to resist those ugly forces—and our truly patriotic determination to demand greater justice, to insist on true equality, and to ensure the sanctity of opportunity and access for all—is not simply a historical memory. It is very much who we also are—a vibrant and determined part of our present that will save our future. -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its LegacyAmerican Patriots takes us on a fast-paced, thoroughly engaging, and thought-provoking journey from Mother Jones’s labor advocacy, through the rich history of dissent in 20th-century America, to the explosive backdrop of both grass roots dissent movements and manufactured or “synthetic” dissent in the American present. This is a must-read for everyone who cares about the relationship between principled dissent and love of nation. -- David M. Wrobel, Dean, Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences, The University of OklahomaYoung reminds us of how a perpetual dissent—against injustice, violence, and war—gives the word ‘American’ its higher meaning, distinct from nationalism. It is a passionate call to Americans to open their minds in the era of polarization and echo chambers. -- Vladislav Zubok, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Book SynopsisGreat moments of theatrical achievement have often coincided with moments of national excitement and tension. In Ireland,  after the death of Parnell in 1891, cultural and political nationalists had urgent need of each other’s vitality and vision, as both worked towards the common goal of liberating Ireland from British political and literary domination. But the political and cultural nationalists were destined to part company when the reality of an independent state seemed imminent: artists began to face the truth about their country and themselves and portrayed Ireland as it was, not as the nationalists wished to be. This book is about the writers who moulded the mind of modern Ireland: Yeats who saw in the dramatic movement the successful overturning of the doctrines that had dominated his country since the days of Young Ireland; Synge and O’Casey who presented with uncompromising brutality the suffering of Irishmen who found little solace in nationalist

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Book Synopsis National Races explores how politics interacted with transnational science in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This interaction produced powerful, racialized national identity discourses whose influence continues to resonate in today’s culture and politics. Ethnologists, anthropologists, and raciologists compared modern physical types with ancient skeletal finds to unearth the deep prehistoric past and true nature of nations. These scientists understood certain physical types to be what Richard McMahon calls “national races,” or the ageless biological essences of nations. Contributors to this volume address a central tension in anthropological race classification. On one hand, classifiers were nationalists who explicitly or implicitly used race narratives to promote political agendas. Their accounts of prehistoric geopolitics treated “national races” as the proxies of nations in order to legitimize present-day geopolitiTrade Review"This major scholarly collection explores the history of physical anthropology from intentionally unusual angles that challenge intuitive assumptions. It also charts engagements and altercations with humanistic ethnological scholarship, including folklore, amid a host of revealingly varied nationalist aspirations."—Michael Herzfeld, Journal of Folklore Research"A rich collection about the rise of physical anthropology, ethnology, and race science in the 19th century, National Races emphasizes the importance of placing these disciplines in a transnational, national, and imperial context. By highlighting forgotten mid-19th-century debates about mono- and polygenism, and employing case studies focused on Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, Korea, and Yugoslavia to decenter the Western European core-focused narratives of these disciplines’ emergence, the volume recovers a rich set of liberal, transnational, and local ideas in their development, thus challenging teleological narratives of a straight road from turn-of-the-century craniometry and serology to the eugenic practices and exclusionary biological racism of interwar fascist regimes."—A. Vari, Choice“In important ways, both implicitly and explicitly, Richard McMahon demonstrates that the fear of immigration and anti-immigration policies in Europe and the United States are tied to previous fears and anxiety about the construction of national races. McMahon provides an extensive overview and impeccable research to describe the transnational science of racial classification during a pivotal century in the modern era.”—Lee Baker, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University“National Races is innovative and promising—and fills a significant gap in the international literature. It builds on studies of physical anthropology, nationalism (or national identity politics), imperialism, modernity, and warfare and attempts to bring these into connection. There is every reason to believe that the book will be a standard work in an interdisciplinary and transnational field of studies that has hardly been circumscribed and never been covered in any detail.”—Han F. Vermeulen, Max Planck Institute for Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Figures Series Editors’ Introduction Introduction: Political Identities and Transnational Science Richard McMahon 1. Transnational Network, Transnational Narratives: Scientific Race Classifications and National Identities Richard McMahon 2. The Destiny of Races “Not Yet Called to Civilization”: Giustiniano Nicolucci’s Critique of American Polygenism and Defense of Liberal Racism Maria Sophia Quine 3. A Matter of Place, Space, and People: Cracow Anthropology, 1870–1920 Maria Rhode 4. Yet Another Greek Tragedy? Physical Anthropology and the Construction of National Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century Ageliki Lefkaditou 5. Jews between Volk and Rasse Amos Morris-Reich 6. Classifying Hybridity in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Russian Imperial Anthropology Marina Mogilner 7. Physical Anthropology in Colonial Korea: Science and Colonial Order, 1916–1940 Arnaud Nanta 8. Racial Anthropology on the Eastern Front, 1912 to the Mid-1920s Maciej Górny 9. Racial Politics as a Multiethnic Pavilion: Yugoslavs, Dinarics, and the Search for a Synthetic Identity in the 1920s and 1930s Rory Yeomans Conclusion: From National Races to National Genomes Catherine Nash Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBy examining how the Olympic movement developed in Puerto Rico, Antonio Sotomayor illuminates the profound role sports play in the political and cultural processes of an identity that evolved within a political tradition of autonomy rather than traditional political independence.Trade Review"Sotomayor gives undergraduate students and specialists an authoritative compendium of Puerto Rico’s politics during a period when the territory was billed as a regional showcase for the benefits of American power."—Reinaldo L. Román, American Historical Review"Sports is a subject that has not been studied in depth in Puerto Rican historiography in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and this book contributes to filling that void."—Felix R. Huertas Gonzalez, Journal of American History"Well written, meticulously researched, and very timely, this book is highly recommended to both scholar and lay reader alike."—Sport in American History"[The Sovereign Colony is] a reading feast for Puerto Rican sport fans. . . . It contributes to the understanding of colonialism where the agency of colonial subjects is emphasized in their negotiations of power structures. . . . A must read for scholars of U.S. and Caribbean history."—Rosa Elena Carrasquillo, Diplomatic History"An innovative approach to Puerto Rico's coloniality through the prism of sports. . . . This accessible account of Puerto Rican sport provides a great introduction to the complex issues of contemporary coloniality and will be an excellent addition to undergraduate collections."—B. A. Lucero, Choice“How is it that Puerto Rico participates with a sovereign team in the International Olympic Games? The answer to that question and Puerto Rico’s sporting success in the Central American and Caribbean Games provides the fascinating subject for Antonio Sotomayor’s book. He explains the baffling and perplexing dimensions of international sport.”—William H. Beezley, author of Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico "Sotomayor's impressive volume says not only a great deal about the relationship between Puerto Rico and the US, but can be used in parallel to analyze similar colonial and territorial interrelationships within the geopolitics of global sport."—Matthew L. McDowell, Spectacular Tableau“A highly readable book that invites us to rethink many familiar tenets about contemporary colonialism, adding an important dimension to the last quarter century’s debates on what constitutes a nation—and how sports may help fashion one.”—Francisco A. Scarano, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–MadisonTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction 1. Sport in Imperial Exchanges 2. The Rise of a Colonial Olympic Movement, 1930s 3. Legitimizing Colonial Olympism in a Colonial Nation, 1940s 4. The Commonwealth and the Search for Colonial Sovereignty through Olympism 5. A Cold War Playing Field in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games 6. The Eternal Overtime? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis National Races explores how politics interacted with transnational science in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This interaction produced powerful, racialized national identity discourses whose influence continues to resonate in today’s culture and politics. Ethnologists, anthropologists, and raciologists compared modern physical types with ancient skeletal finds to unearth the deep prehistoric past and true nature of nations. These scientists understood certain physical types to be what Richard McMahon calls “national races,” or the ageless biological essences of nations. Contributors to this volume address a central tension in anthropological race classification. On one hand, classifiers were nationalists who explicitly or implicitly used race narratives to promote political agendas. Their accounts of prehistoric geopolitics treated “national races” as the proxies of nations in order to legitimize present-day geopolitiTrade Review"This major scholarly collection explores the history of physical anthropology from intentionally unusual angles that challenge intuitive assumptions. It also charts engagements and altercations with humanistic ethnological scholarship, including folklore, amid a host of revealingly varied nationalist aspirations."—Michael Herzfeld, Journal of Folklore Research"A rich collection about the rise of physical anthropology, ethnology, and race science in the 19th century, National Races emphasizes the importance of placing these disciplines in a transnational, national, and imperial context. By highlighting forgotten mid-19th-century debates about mono- and polygenism, and employing case studies focused on Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, Korea, and Yugoslavia to decenter the Western European core-focused narratives of these disciplines’ emergence, the volume recovers a rich set of liberal, transnational, and local ideas in their development, thus challenging teleological narratives of a straight road from turn-of-the-century craniometry and serology to the eugenic practices and exclusionary biological racism of interwar fascist regimes."—A. Vari, Choice“In important ways, both implicitly and explicitly, Richard McMahon demonstrates that the fear of immigration and anti-immigration policies in Europe and the United States are tied to previous fears and anxiety about the construction of national races. McMahon provides an extensive overview and impeccable research to describe the transnational science of racial classification during a pivotal century in the modern era.”—Lee Baker, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University“National Races is innovative and promising—and fills a significant gap in the international literature. It builds on studies of physical anthropology, nationalism (or national identity politics), imperialism, modernity, and warfare and attempts to bring these into connection. There is every reason to believe that the book will be a standard work in an interdisciplinary and transnational field of studies that has hardly been circumscribed and never been covered in any detail.”—Han F. Vermeulen, Max Planck Institute for Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Figures Series Editors’ Introduction Introduction: Political Identities and Transnational Science Richard McMahon 1. Transnational Network, Transnational Narratives: Scientific Race Classifications and National Identities Richard McMahon 2. The Destiny of Races “Not Yet Called to Civilization”: Giustiniano Nicolucci’s Critique of American Polygenism and Defense of Liberal Racism Maria Sophia Quine 3. A Matter of Place, Space, and People: Cracow Anthropology, 1870–1920 Maria Rhode 4. Yet Another Greek Tragedy? Physical Anthropology and the Construction of National Identity in the Late Nineteenth Century Ageliki Lefkaditou 5. Jews between Volk and Rasse Amos Morris-Reich 6. Classifying Hybridity in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Russian Imperial Anthropology Marina Mogilner 7. Physical Anthropology in Colonial Korea: Science and Colonial Order, 1916–1940 Arnaud Nanta 8. Racial Anthropology on the Eastern Front, 1912 to the Mid-1920s Maciej Górny 9. Racial Politics as a Multiethnic Pavilion: Yugoslavs, Dinarics, and the Search for a Synthetic Identity in the 1920s and 1930s Rory Yeomans Conclusion: From National Races to National Genomes Catherine Nash Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDuring two terrifying days and nights in early September 1941, the lives of nearly two thousand men, women, and children were taken savagely by their neighbors in Kulen Vakuf, a small rural community straddling today's border between northwest Bosnia and Croatia. This frenzyin which victims were butchered with farm tools, drowned in rivers...Trade ReviewMax Bergholz’ excitement at investment in and knowledge of the events around Kulen Vakuf in 1941 are beyond question. His framing of the archival discovery story speaks volumes to his meticulousness, focus, and commitment to contextual knowledge as the sine qua non of historical scholarship. He also has an eye for telling detail, offering cinematic-style close-ups that fill the frame and flood the reader’s senses... [I] found this book absorbing, vivid, and stimulating. Both author and Cornell University Press deserve credit for bringing this compelling story to light and to life. -- Keith Brown, Arizona State University * EuropeNow *A critical resource for scholars of political violence. * Journal Southeastern Europe *Well written, this monograph will rightfully take its place among the great books on ethnically inspired violence and deserves to be a standard text on genocide in modern history courses. * Journal of Modern History *Bergholz's book shakes away the complacency of too many historians of nationalism over the years. It is a major contribution to southeastern European history and to the fields of nationalism and violence studies. * H-Genocide *

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Book SynopsisEmpire of Hope asks how emotions become meaningful in political life. In a diverse array of cases from recent Japanese history, David Leheny shows how sentimental portrayals of the nation and its global role reflect a durable story of hopefulness about the country''s postwar path. From the medical treatment of conjoined Vietnamese children, victims of Agent Orange, the global promotion of Japanese popular culture, a tragic maritime accident involving a US Navy submarine, to the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, this story has shaped the way in which political figures, writers, officials, and observers have depicted what the nation feels.Expressions of national emotion do several things: they construct the boundaries of the national body, they inform and discipline appropriate expression, and they depoliticize messy problems that threaten to produce divisive questions about winners and losers. Most important, they work because they appear to be natural, simple and expeTrade ReviewLeheny provides readers with rich case studies to explore contentious national collective sentiment and identity. -- Youngmi Lim, Musashi University * Crosscurrents *Empire of Hope should be essential reading for anyone interested in the study of hope, emotions, or contemporary Japan. A most welcome and much needed recasting of the lost decades, the book demonstrates with great cogency how narratives of hopefulness have been embedded in the complicated emotional and political life of contemporary Japan. And it acknowledges feelings and experiences of precarity, without telling a reductive story of despair or reifying the sense that all that was good has been lost. Empire of Hope reminds us that 30 years hence, the notion of a lost Japan may very well prove to be as outdated and obsolete as that of a miraculous Japan that could be number one. * Journal of Japanese Studies *Empire of Hope should be read above all by those international relations scholars who focus primarily on power. It will challenge their assumptions and enrich their understanding of Japan in ways few other studies have in recent years. * PACIFIC AFFAIRS *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Conventions 1. Maybe They Will Smile Back 2. Souls of the Ehime Maru 3. Cheer Up, Vietnam 4. Cool Optimism 5. Staging The Empire of Light 6. The Peripheral U-Turn 7. Everything Sinks Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the tumultuous years of the English Revolution and Restoration, national crises like civil wars and the execution of the king convinced Englishmen that the end of the world was not only inevitable but imminent. National Reckonings shows how this widespread eschatological expectation shaped nationalist thinking in the seventeenth century. Imagining what Christ''s return would mean for England''s body politic, a wide range of poets, philosophers, and other writersincluding Milton, Hobbes, Winstanley, and Thomas and Henry Vaughan,used anticipation of the Last Judgment to both disrupt existing ideas of the nation and generate new ones. Ryan Hackenbracht contends that nationalism, consequently, was not merely a horizontal relationship between citizens and their sovereign but a vertical one that pitted the nation against the shortly expected kingdom of God. The Last Judgment was the site at which these two imagined communities, England and ecclesia (the universal churTrade ReviewNational Reckonings is a valuable addition to scholarship on the early-modern understanding of Judgment Day... Hackenbracht's scholarship is solid and needs to be considered and discussed. * Choice *National Reckonings succeeds in detailing the religious texture of early modern nationalism by offering a rich early modern social horizon, one in which ecclesia and the faithful remnant hold power alongside (often beyond) the emerging nation-state... National Reckonings will certainly appeal to Miltonists and scholars of the English revolution looking for a sophisticated yet lucid explication of the biblical roots of early modern political thought. * Renaissance Quarterly *National Reckonings offers a short, lucid, and provocative rereading of some key (and some unjustly neglected) texts of the tumultuous mid-seventeenth-century England. Hackenbracht's prose moves the reader easily and clearly among languages, authors, and genres. His command of Greek and Latin is impressive (he does his own translations of texts in both languages) and he renders the often-obscure prose of writers like Thomas Vaughan and Abiezer Coppe easily accessible in his paraphrases. This [is an] intriguing, thoughtful, and well-written book. * Milton Quarterly *With fresh readings of canonical figures such as Milton and Hobbes, as well as lesser-known religious and literary figures, National Reckonings provides a helpful resource for scholars of early modern religious and political thought. * Sixteenth Century Journal *

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Book SynopsisIn Making Uzbekistan, Adeeb Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. He explores the complex interaction between Uzbek intellectuals, local Bolsheviks, and Moscow to sketch out the flux of the situation in early-Soviet Central Asia. His focus on the Uzbek intelligentsia allows him to recast...Trade Review[T]his brilliant book demonstrates that modern Uzbekistan was unequivocally made by Uzbek intellectuals in Central Asia, and not by Bolshevik commissars in Moscow. Adeeb Khalid has offered invaluable evidence to argue that Central Asia's political fate remains equally in the hands of local leaders, and is not determined by obscure outside forces. It is in this sense that Making Uzbekistan will make a lasting contribution to Central Asian Studies. * Europe-Asia Studies *Khalid successfully compiles an impressive and outstanding account of the unfolding events in the making of Uzbekistan in the tumultuous epoch of the Russian Revolution as a result of his encyclopedic comprehension of the sociohistorical considerations of the period and his unique linguistic capabilities. * Acta Via Serica *Adeeb Khalid's Making Uzbekistan is a careful reconstruction of Muslim reformist thought in Turkestan, which advances considerably our understanding of the reasons why sections of the local intelligentsia participated actively in the Soviet construction. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Intelligentsia and Reform in Tsarist Central Asia 2. The Moment of Opportunity 3. Nationalizing the Revolution 4. The Muslim Republic of Bukhara 5. The Long Road to Soviet Power 6. A Revolution of the Mind 7. Islam between Reform and Revolution 8. The Making of Uzbekistan 9. Tajik as a Residual Category 10. The Ideological Front 11. The Assault 12. Toward a Soviet Order Epilogue Glossary Bibliography of Primary Sources Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewImmigrant Japan is a necessary addition to the bookshelf of contemporary Japan and migration studies scholars, students and everyday persons. Liu-Farrer's work in sharing the voices of immigrants is an invaluable resource for readers who aspire to build a more nuanced understanding of contemporary Japanese society and the immigrants who have long been a part of it. * New Voices in Japanese Studies *In her impressive book, Liu-Farrer draws on interviews with 229 research subjects as well as ethnography, focus group analysis, stories of migrants from secondary literature, and her own experiences as a migrant to and naturalized citizen of Japan to examine how migrants to Japan negotiate issues regarding home and belonging. Liu-Farrer's book is engagingly written, and the stories of her interviewees as well as her ethnographic vignettes are appealing and fun to read. * Monumenta Nipponica *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Japan as an Ethno-nationalist Immigrant Society 1. Immigrating to Japan 2. Migration Channels and the Shaping of Immigrant Ethno-scapes 3. Working in Japan 4. Weaving the Web of a Life in Japan 5. To Leave, to Return 6. Home and Belonging in an Ethno-nationalist Society 7. Children of Immigrants: Educational Mobilities 8. Growing Up in Japan: Identity Journeys Conclusion: Realities, Challenges, and Promises of Immigrant Japan

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis excellent study provides a much-needed view of history unfolding across this vast region for historians, political scientists, and scholars interested in Siberia's native peoples. * Choice *Galvanizing Nostalgia? opens with a very rich introduction in which the author argues for the need to study the Indigenous peoples of Siberia in contemporary Russia, explains the reasons for cultural and political revitalisation amongst groups that have their own republics, and defines indigeneity, sovereignty and nostalgia. * Europe Asia Studies *The information value of the book is unique, due to a very committed and long standing immersion in Sakha-Yakutia, Buryatia and Tyva. * Euroasian Geography and Economics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Contested Ecological, Cultural, and Political Sovereignty in Russia 1. Sakha Republic (Yakutia): Resource Rich and Pivotal 2. Republic of Buryatia: Gerrymandered and Struggling 3. Republic of Tyva (Tuva): A Borderline State with Demographic Advantages 4. Crossover Trends: Eurasianism, Competition, Cooperation, and Protest Conclusions: Federalism, Cultural Dignity, and Nostalgia

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Book SynopsisFluid Russia offers a new framework for understanding Russian national identity by focusing on the impact of globalization on its formation, something which has been largely overlooked. This approach sheds new light on the Russian case, revealing a dynamic Russian identity that is developing along the lines of other countries exposed to globalization. Vera Michlin-Shapir shows how along with the freedoms afforded when Russia joined the globalizing world in the 1990s came globalization''s disruptions.Michlin-Shapir describes Putin''s rise to power and his project to reaffirm a stronger identity not as a uniquely Russian diversion from liberal democracy, but as part of a broader phenomenon of challenges to globalization. She underlines the limits of Putin''s regime to shape Russian politics and society, which is still very much impacted by global trends. As well, Michlin-Shapir questions a prevalent approach in Russia studies that views Russia''s experienceTrade ReviewThis is an excellent examination of Russia's struggle to define its national identity since 1990 and especially since President Vladimir Putin's rise in political office. * Choice *[A] timely and relevant contribution to the literature. * Russian Review *Michlin-Shapir emphasizes that there was another, more common factor [than the destruction of the Soviet state] at play: postcommunist Russia was exposed to the forces of globalization[...]insightful analysis. * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Russia Thrusts into the Global World Part One: Fluid Citizenship: Citizenship Policy in Post-Soviet Russia 1. The Unmaking of the Soviet Project 2. Seeking Stability in a Fluid Russia Part Two: Fluid Words: Discourse on National Identification 3. Media Discourse in the 1990s 4. Media Discourse under Putin Part Three: Fluid Times: Practices of the Russian National Calendar 5. From the Soviet Calendar to Russian Calendars 6. Putin's National Calendar Epilogue: Fluid Russia: Lessons, Implications, and Prospectsfor the Future

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Book SynopsisGalvanizing Nostalgia? explores critical questions for the survival of Russia in its nominally federal form. Will Russia fall apart along the lines of its internal republics, as did the Soviet Union? Based on cultural anthropology field and historical research in major republics of Eastern SiberiaSakha (Yakutia), Buryatia, and Tyva (Tuva)this book highlights Indigenous concerns about self-determination. Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer suggests that a fragile and disorganized dynamic of nested sovereignties has developed within Russia. Ecology activism has grown, given new threats to the environment and accelerating climate challenges, especially in the Arctic. Focus on strategically chosen republics enables comparing and contrasting interethnic relations, language politics, and the salience of gender, demography, resource competition, environmental degradation, and increased spirituality. Republics vary in their neocolonial relationships to Moscow authorities. Some local leaders, such as a politicized shaman, use nostalgia for cultural achievements to galvanize citizens. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, cultural and political revitalization have been relatively more viable, although still difficult, in areas where Siberians have their own republics.Trade ReviewThis excellent study provides a much-needed view of history unfolding across this vast region for historians, political scientists, and scholars interested in Siberia's native peoples. * Choice *Galvanizing Nostalgia? opens with a very rich introduction in which the author argues for the need to study the Indigenous peoples of Siberia in contemporary Russia, explains the reasons for cultural and political revitalisation amongst groups that have their own republics, and defines indigeneity, sovereignty and nostalgia. * Europe Asia Studies *The information value of the book is unique, due to a very committed and long standing immersion in Sakha-Yakutia, Buryatia and Tyva. * Euroasian Geography and Economics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Contested Ecological, Cultural, and Political Sovereignty in Russia 1. Sakha Republic (Yakutia): Resource Rich and Pivotal 2. Republic of Buryatia: Gerrymandered and Struggling 3. Republic of Tyva (Tuva): A Borderline State with Demographic Advantages 4. Crossover Trends: Eurasianism, Competition, Cooperation, and Protest Conclusions: Federalism, Cultural Dignity, and Nostalgia

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Book SynopsisIn Narratives of Civic Duty, Aram Hur investigates the impulse behind a sense of civic duty in democracies. Why do some citizens feel a responsibility to vote, pay taxes, or take up arms in defense of one''s country? Through comparing democratic societies in East Asia and elsewhere, Hur shows that the sense of obligation to be a good citizenupon which the resilience of a democracy dependsemerges from a force long thought to be detrimental to democracy itself: national attachments.Nationalism''s illiberal and exclusive tendencies are typically viewed as disruptive to democratic processes, but Hur argues that there is nothing inherently antidemocratic about nationalism. Rather, whether nationalism helps or hinders democracy is shaped by the historicized relationship between a national people and their democratic state. When national stories portray that relationship as one of mutual commitment, nationalism strengthens democracies by motivating widespTable of ContentsPart I 1. Duty, against the Odds 2. A National Theory of Civic Duty Part II 3. National Stories in South Korea and Taiwan 4. Strong Civic Duty in the Name of Nation in South Korea 5. Weak Civic Duty and Fragmented Nation in Taiwan Part III 6. Stunted Civic Duty in Reunified Germany 7. Nationalism and Civic Duty across the World 8. Civic Challenges to Democracy in East Asia

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Book SynopsisGeorgian and Soviet investigates the constitutive capacity of Soviet nationhood and empire. The Soviet republic of Georgia, located in the mountainous Caucasus region, received the same nation-building template as other national republics of the USSR. Yet Stalin''s Georgian heritage, intimate knowledge of Caucasian affairs, and personal involvement in local matters as he ascended to prominence left his homeland to confront a distinct set of challenges after his death in 1953.Utilizing Georgian archives and Georgian-language sources, Claire P. Kaiser argues that the postwar and post-Stalin era was decisive in the creation of a Georgian Georgia. This was due not only to the peculiar role played by the Stalin cult in the construction of modern Georgian nationhood but also to the subsequent changes that de-Stalinization wrought among Georgia''s populace and in the unusual imperial relationship between Moscow and Tbilisi. Kaiser describes how the Soviet empireTrade ReviewIn Georgian and Soviet: Entitled Nationhood and the Specter of Stalin in the Caucasus, Claire P. Kaiser expertly analyzes the ways Georgians carved out and promoted their national rights and identities within the USSR. * Europe Now Journal *This is an excellent book. It adds to our understanding of how empires work and reveals the convoluted relationships and legacies of Soviet imperial hierarchies in the South Caucasus. It will help Georgians, when it is translated (in process) to face the complexities of their own Soviet past. * The Russian Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Pantheon as Past and Present 1. History, Nation, and Local Foundations of the Stalin Cult 2. Entitled Foreign Policy and Its Limits 3. Expulsions and Ethnic Consolidations 4. De-Stalinization, kartulad 5. A Georgian Tbilisi 6. Entangled Nationalisms Epilogue: Stalin's Ghosts

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewComprehensive and fine-grained, this is a meticulous study of a city torn between two "radically transformative and violent revolutionary regimes." * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Bridge and the Bulwark 2. Empire in the East 3. Downfall 4. Liberation and Revenge 5. City of Death 6. Living Together 7. Slavic Soil Conclusion

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Book SynopsisKhmer Nationalist is a political history of Cambodia from World War II until 1975, examining the central role of Sõn Ng?c Thành. It is a story of nationalistic independence movements, political intrigue, coup attempts, war, and American intelligence. The rise of Cambodian nationalism, the brief period of Japanese dominance, the fight for independence from France, and the establishment of ties with the United States that kept Sihanouk on edge until his downfallin all of these, as Matthew Jagel shows, Thành was fundamental.Khmer Nationalist reveals how Cambodian nationalism grew during the twilight of French colonialism and faced new geopolitical challenges during the Cold War. Thành''s story brings greater understanding to the end of French colonialism in Cambodia, nationalism in post-colonial societies, Cold War realities for countries caught between competing powers, and how the United States responded while the Vietnam War intensified.

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Book SynopsisNational Matters investigates the role of material culture and materiality in defining and solidifying national identity in everyday practice. Examining a range of "things"—from art objects, clay fragments, and broken stones to clothing, food, and urban green space—the contributors to this volume explore the importance of matter in making the nation appear real, close, and important to its citizens. Symbols and material objects do not just reflect the national visions deployed by elites and consumed by the masses, but are themselves important factors in the production of national ideals. Through a series of theoretically grounded and empirically rich case studies, this volume analyzes three key aspects of materiality and nationalism: the relationship between objects and national institutions, the way commonplace objects can shape a national ethos, and the everyday practices that allow individuals to enact and embody the nation. In giving attention to the agency of things and the capacities they afford or foreclose, these cases also challenge the methodological orthodoxies of cultural sociology. Taken together, these essays highlight how the "material turn" in the social sciences pushes conventional understanding of state and nation-making processes in new directions.Trade Review"Geneviève Zubrzycki has brought together an original collection of essays laden with fresh insights. Attending to the concrete experiences that sustain large-scale political identities, National Matters brings the new materiality to bear on nationalism in order to shed light on a subject of perennial significance." -- Webb Keane * University of Michigan *"National Matters brims with engrossing details, bringing together a lucid introduction and well-crafted essays into coherent conversation. Essential reading for cultural sociologists, scholars of nationalism, and students of material culture." -- Philip Gorski * Yale University *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsMatter and Meaning: A Cultural Sociology of Nationalism Geneviève Zubrzycki chapter abstractThe volume's introduction first discusses theoretical cues and gaps in the literature on nationalism before arguing that the recent material turn in the social sciences and the focus on materiality can help fill those gaps. It then turns to a description of individual chapters, a discussion of overlapping themes, and the articulation of the volume's contributions. 1Artisans and the Construction of the French State: The Political Role of the Louvre's Workshops Chandra Mukerji chapter abstractThe French state, arguably the first modern state, subordinated high nobles at court with a cultural program. Artisans housed at the Louvre, men of low rank working backstage to power, designed the image of Louis XIV as the Sun King, and made Versailles an immersive environment populated in art with gods and heroes of the ancient world. With painting, sculpture, interior decoration, and theater, they created seductive dreams of imperial glory that far outshone political reality. They presented France as heir to Rome and already in a process of classical revival. They made the king and state seem capable of creating a great empire. The nobility at court learned a new political logic through a cultural experience of it. 2In, On, and Of the Inviolable Soil: Pottery Fragments and the Materiality of Italian Nationhood Fiona Greenland chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on the relationship between fragmentary objects and national culture in Italy. Drawing on theories and analytical methods from cultural sociology, archaeology, and anthropology, it engages with the following questions: (1) Given the focus on complete objects in the study of material culture and nationhood, how might we construct an analytical framework for fragments? (2) Why did pottery fragments become embedded in processes of Italian nationhood formation at the state and regional levels in a specific historical moment (last quarter of the nineteenth century)? In the course of generating answers to these questions, the chapter also outlines the principle of beni culturali (cultural goods) in the state's management of cultural objects with historic significance. It concludes that ancient pottery effects a symbolic double-hit: it is found in the sacralized national soil and made of that soil. 3Raw Materials: Natural Resources, Technological Discourse, and the Making of Canadian Nationalism Melissa Aronczyk chapter abstractThis chapter analyzes the genealogy and reactivation of Canada's most enduring origin myth, the "National Dream," which tells the story of a modern nation joined literally and symbolically by technology. Drawing on recent scholarship on the material and visual embodiment of national consciousness, it explores the material conditions that made possible the articulation of a distinct Canadian identity in the first place and then argues that the exploitation of the tar sands in Canada is positioned by corporate, government, and labor interests as a moral referendum on Canadian independence and a determining feature of contemporary Canadian national identity. This framing of the controversial exploitation of that raw matter sits well with state leadership seeking to reinvest the mythic National Dream with meaning in order to legitimate itself and mobilize civic support to its program. 4Simultaneously Worlds Apart: Placing National Diversity on Display at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Peggy Levitt chapter abstractCreating successful multicultural societies and a global community that can respond to global problems is the challenge of the day. If museums in the past helped create national citizens, do they now help create global citizens too? How is the nation displayed in relation to the globe and what is it about the countries and cities where museums are located that helps explain their curatorial choices? This chapter answers these questions by analyzing where Boston's Museum of Fine Arts falls on the cosmopolitan-nationalism continuum—a position produced by the intersection between national and urban cultural politics and the globalization of culture, an encounter that not only transforms museums but to which they are important contributors. 5A Brief History of Sweat: Inscribing "National Feeling" on and through a Football Jersey Claudio E. Benzecry chapter abstractThis chapter shows how the jersey for Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's main soccer teams, went almost unchanged from 1926 to 1980, and how the continuity guaranteed the recognition of the team, its colors, and what it stood for. The continuity of the jersey in time also made for a longer chain that connected different generations of players and of fans. In telling the story of how the jersey for Boca Juniors changed thanks to the intervention of brands by transnational corporations, this chapter aims to also answer what happens to the lineage of the team, its genealogy, and the bonds formed between and among team members and their fans. The chapter has a subsidiary objective as well, to explain not only what gets lost with the new jersey, but also the new lines of action afforded by the object in its new configuration. 6That Banal Object of Nationalism: "Old Stones" as French Heritage in the Early Days of Public Television Alexandra Kowalski chapter abstractThe chapter offers an object-centric analysis of banal nationalism in mainstream heritage culture. How do banal objects come to feature in national imaginations in addition to extraordinary ones, and how do these two categories relate to each other symbolically? Which kinds of social bonds do these ordinary objects create and support? And what does an object-centric approach contribute in return to our understanding of ordinary, "cold" types of nationalism? The chapter answers these questions through a semiotic analysis of the popular show Chefs d'œuvre en péril, produced and broadcast on French public television (the ORTF) between 1964 and 1974, at the dawn of the heritage age. 7The Mythical Power of Everyday Objects: The Material Culture of Radical Nationalism in Postsocialist Hungary Virág Molnár chapter abstractThe chapter explores the intersections between markets and new forms of nationalism in contemporary Hungary by looking at the manufacturing, sale, and consumption of radical nationalist consumer objects. It argues that the increasing rightwing radicalization of Hungarian politics has been fueled by an expanding industry that effectively commodifies these sentiments. The analysis focuses on two key areas of radical nationalist cultural production: book publishers that specialize in printing and disseminating nationalist literature, and clothing brands that market explicitly nationalist fashion items. By tracing the symbolic economies of new forms of radical nationalism, the chapter highlights an important dimension of everyday nationalism. This analytical lens also helps to demonstrate that contemporary rightwing radicalism is not a codified political ideology but a more fluid subculture in which expressive symbols, material objects, rituals, everyday consumption, and lifestyle patterns are essential carriers of political convictions and markers of group boundaries. 8Engaging Objects: A Phenomenology of the Tea Ceremony and Japaneseness Kristin Surak chapter abstractNations are made real not only through concrete symbols, icons, and institutions, but also through lived experiences. Yet the production and reproduction of nations at a phenomenological level remains little explored. This chapter examines how cultural practices engage objects to sense, enact, and even embody the nation. To explore these processes, it takes up the tea ceremony as a site that facilitates a concentrated experience of Japaneseness within Japan. It examines how the material components and practices of the tea ceremony bear similarities to—yet are fundamentally different from—mundane counterparts in everyday life. This disjuncture, as the tea ceremony transforms the ordinary into the extra-ordinary, demands an attentiveness that sustains what many practitioners call a "Japanese experience." 9Traces and Steps: Expanding Polishness through a Jewish Sensorium? Geneviève Zubrzycki chapter abstractBefore World War II, Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe. With the Holocaust and a country left in ruins, Jewish life all but disappeared from that country. This chapter analyzes non-Jewish Poles' material discovery of Jewish traces and the recovery of Polish Jewish history, as well as the performance and consumption of Jewishness in various venues. It argues that for many activists involved in acts of salvage remembrance and performance, postwar Jewish absence has come to represent the loss of a multicultural Poland. Their activities are meant not only to recall past Jewish presence on Polish lands, but to re-member; to attach a prosthetic Jewish limb to the Polish national body to expand the symbolic boundaries of Polishness. 10A Temple of Social Hope? Tempelhof Airport in Berlin and Its Transformation Dominik Bartmański chapter abstractIn the fall of 2008 one of the oldest city airports in the world, the iconic Berlin Tempelhof, was closed and with it an eventful chapter of German history. The airfield was reborn in the spring of 2010, albeit in a different capacity as a public park. It quickly became a celebrated leisure space in Berlin, one of the most spectacular parks in the world. How was this remarkable transformation possible? What made such a radical reshuffling of land use and social meaning feasible and successful? In order to answer these questions, this chapter refocuses analytical emphasis from political intent to phenomenological content. Understanding urban places, especially their transformations and meanings, requires accounting for their experiential aspects in relation to the city- and time-specific cultural context. A phenomenological analysis sensitive to materially mediated experiences is presented as a necessary component of cultural sociological explanation of such cases.

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Book SynopsisNational Matters investigates the role of material culture and materiality in defining and solidifying national identity in everyday practice. Examining a range of "things"—from art objects, clay fragments, and broken stones to clothing, food, and urban green space—the contributors to this volume explore the importance of matter in making the nation appear real, close, and important to its citizens. Symbols and material objects do not just reflect the national visions deployed by elites and consumed by the masses, but are themselves important factors in the production of national ideals. Through a series of theoretically grounded and empirically rich case studies, this volume analyzes three key aspects of materiality and nationalism: the relationship between objects and national institutions, the way commonplace objects can shape a national ethos, and the everyday practices that allow individuals to enact and embody the nation. In giving attention to the agency of things and the capacities they afford or foreclose, these cases also challenge the methodological orthodoxies of cultural sociology. Taken together, these essays highlight how the "material turn" in the social sciences pushes conventional understanding of state and nation-making processes in new directions.Trade Review"National Matters brims with engrossing details, bringing together a lucid introduction and well-crafted essays into coherent conversation. Essential reading for cultural sociologists, scholars of nationalism, and students of material culture." -- Philip Gorski * Yale University *"Geneviève Zubrzycki has brought together an original collection of essays laden with fresh insights. Attending to the concrete experiences that sustain large-scale political identities, National Matters brings the new materiality to bear on nationalism in order to shed light on a subject of perennial significance." -- Webb Keane * University of Michigan *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsMatter and Meaning: A Cultural Sociology of Nationalism Geneviève Zubrzycki chapter abstractThe volume's introduction first discusses theoretical cues and gaps in the literature on nationalism before arguing that the recent material turn in the social sciences and the focus on materiality can help fill those gaps. It then turns to a description of individual chapters, a discussion of overlapping themes, and the articulation of the volume's contributions. 1Artisans and the Construction of the French State: The Political Role of the Louvre's Workshops Chandra Mukerji chapter abstractThe French state, arguably the first modern state, subordinated high nobles at court with a cultural program. Artisans housed at the Louvre, men of low rank working backstage to power, designed the image of Louis XIV as the Sun King, and made Versailles an immersive environment populated in art with gods and heroes of the ancient world. With painting, sculpture, interior decoration, and theater, they created seductive dreams of imperial glory that far outshone political reality. They presented France as heir to Rome and already in a process of classical revival. They made the king and state seem capable of creating a great empire. The nobility at court learned a new political logic through a cultural experience of it. 2In, On, and Of the Inviolable Soil: Pottery Fragments and the Materiality of Italian Nationhood Fiona Greenland chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on the relationship between fragmentary objects and national culture in Italy. Drawing on theories and analytical methods from cultural sociology, archaeology, and anthropology, it engages with the following questions: (1) Given the focus on complete objects in the study of material culture and nationhood, how might we construct an analytical framework for fragments? (2) Why did pottery fragments become embedded in processes of Italian nationhood formation at the state and regional levels in a specific historical moment (last quarter of the nineteenth century)? In the course of generating answers to these questions, the chapter also outlines the principle of beni culturali (cultural goods) in the state's management of cultural objects with historic significance. It concludes that ancient pottery effects a symbolic double-hit: it is found in the sacralized national soil and made of that soil. 3Raw Materials: Natural Resources, Technological Discourse, and the Making of Canadian Nationalism Melissa Aronczyk chapter abstractThis chapter analyzes the genealogy and reactivation of Canada's most enduring origin myth, the "National Dream," which tells the story of a modern nation joined literally and symbolically by technology. Drawing on recent scholarship on the material and visual embodiment of national consciousness, it explores the material conditions that made possible the articulation of a distinct Canadian identity in the first place and then argues that the exploitation of the tar sands in Canada is positioned by corporate, government, and labor interests as a moral referendum on Canadian independence and a determining feature of contemporary Canadian national identity. This framing of the controversial exploitation of that raw matter sits well with state leadership seeking to reinvest the mythic National Dream with meaning in order to legitimate itself and mobilize civic support to its program. 4Simultaneously Worlds Apart: Placing National Diversity on Display at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Peggy Levitt chapter abstractCreating successful multicultural societies and a global community that can respond to global problems is the challenge of the day. If museums in the past helped create national citizens, do they now help create global citizens too? How is the nation displayed in relation to the globe and what is it about the countries and cities where museums are located that helps explain their curatorial choices? This chapter answers these questions by analyzing where Boston's Museum of Fine Arts falls on the cosmopolitan-nationalism continuum—a position produced by the intersection between national and urban cultural politics and the globalization of culture, an encounter that not only transforms museums but to which they are important contributors. 5A Brief History of Sweat: Inscribing "National Feeling" on and through a Football Jersey Claudio E. Benzecry chapter abstractThis chapter shows how the jersey for Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's main soccer teams, went almost unchanged from 1926 to 1980, and how the continuity guaranteed the recognition of the team, its colors, and what it stood for. The continuity of the jersey in time also made for a longer chain that connected different generations of players and of fans. In telling the story of how the jersey for Boca Juniors changed thanks to the intervention of brands by transnational corporations, this chapter aims to also answer what happens to the lineage of the team, its genealogy, and the bonds formed between and among team members and their fans. The chapter has a subsidiary objective as well, to explain not only what gets lost with the new jersey, but also the new lines of action afforded by the object in its new configuration. 6That Banal Object of Nationalism: "Old Stones" as French Heritage in the Early Days of Public Television Alexandra Kowalski chapter abstractThe chapter offers an object-centric analysis of banal nationalism in mainstream heritage culture. How do banal objects come to feature in national imaginations in addition to extraordinary ones, and how do these two categories relate to each other symbolically? Which kinds of social bonds do these ordinary objects create and support? And what does an object-centric approach contribute in return to our understanding of ordinary, "cold" types of nationalism? The chapter answers these questions through a semiotic analysis of the popular show Chefs d'œuvre en péril, produced and broadcast on French public television (the ORTF) between 1964 and 1974, at the dawn of the heritage age. 7The Mythical Power of Everyday Objects: The Material Culture of Radical Nationalism in Postsocialist Hungary Virág Molnár chapter abstractThe chapter explores the intersections between markets and new forms of nationalism in contemporary Hungary by looking at the manufacturing, sale, and consumption of radical nationalist consumer objects. It argues that the increasing rightwing radicalization of Hungarian politics has been fueled by an expanding industry that effectively commodifies these sentiments. The analysis focuses on two key areas of radical nationalist cultural production: book publishers that specialize in printing and disseminating nationalist literature, and clothing brands that market explicitly nationalist fashion items. By tracing the symbolic economies of new forms of radical nationalism, the chapter highlights an important dimension of everyday nationalism. This analytical lens also helps to demonstrate that contemporary rightwing radicalism is not a codified political ideology but a more fluid subculture in which expressive symbols, material objects, rituals, everyday consumption, and lifestyle patterns are essential carriers of political convictions and markers of group boundaries. 8Engaging Objects: A Phenomenology of the Tea Ceremony and Japaneseness Kristin Surak chapter abstractNations are made real not only through concrete symbols, icons, and institutions, but also through lived experiences. Yet the production and reproduction of nations at a phenomenological level remains little explored. This chapter examines how cultural practices engage objects to sense, enact, and even embody the nation. To explore these processes, it takes up the tea ceremony as a site that facilitates a concentrated experience of Japaneseness within Japan. It examines how the material components and practices of the tea ceremony bear similarities to—yet are fundamentally different from—mundane counterparts in everyday life. This disjuncture, as the tea ceremony transforms the ordinary into the extra-ordinary, demands an attentiveness that sustains what many practitioners call a "Japanese experience." 9Traces and Steps: Expanding Polishness through a Jewish Sensorium? Geneviève Zubrzycki chapter abstractBefore World War II, Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe. With the Holocaust and a country left in ruins, Jewish life all but disappeared from that country. This chapter analyzes non-Jewish Poles' material discovery of Jewish traces and the recovery of Polish Jewish history, as well as the performance and consumption of Jewishness in various venues. It argues that for many activists involved in acts of salvage remembrance and performance, postwar Jewish absence has come to represent the loss of a multicultural Poland. Their activities are meant not only to recall past Jewish presence on Polish lands, but to re-member; to attach a prosthetic Jewish limb to the Polish national body to expand the symbolic boundaries of Polishness. 10A Temple of Social Hope? Tempelhof Airport in Berlin and Its Transformation Dominik Bartmański chapter abstractIn the fall of 2008 one of the oldest city airports in the world, the iconic Berlin Tempelhof, was closed and with it an eventful chapter of German history. The airfield was reborn in the spring of 2010, albeit in a different capacity as a public park. It quickly became a celebrated leisure space in Berlin, one of the most spectacular parks in the world. How was this remarkable transformation possible? What made such a radical reshuffling of land use and social meaning feasible and successful? In order to answer these questions, this chapter refocuses analytical emphasis from political intent to phenomenological content. Understanding urban places, especially their transformations and meanings, requires accounting for their experiential aspects in relation to the city- and time-specific cultural context. A phenomenological analysis sensitive to materially mediated experiences is presented as a necessary component of cultural sociological explanation of such cases.

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Book SynopsisThe Everyday Nationalism of Workers upends common notions about how European nationalism is lived and experienced by ordinary people—and 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. Analyzing sources from—not just about—ordinary workers, Van Ginderachter reveals the limits of nation-building from above and the potential of agency from below. With a rich and diverse base of sources (including workers' "propaganda pence" ads that reveal a Twitter-like transcript of proletarian consciousness), the book shows all the complexity of socialist workers' ambivalent engagement with nationhood, patriotism, ethnicity and language. By comparing the Belgian case with the rise of nationalism across Europe, Van Ginderachter sheds new light on how multilingual societies fared in the age of mass politics and ethnic nationalism.Trade Review"The relationships of workers and the modern labor movement to social categories such as nationality, ethnicity, class, and religion are complex and poorly understood, usually treated separately from everyday experiences. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including a unique set of 'proletarian tweets,' this superb book both illuminates the Belgian case and provides a model for future research."—John Breuilly, London School of Economics"The Everyday Nationalism of Workers challenges the assumption that nationalism was imposed from above in the decades before the First World War. Based in extensive evidence, including the equivalent of 'tweets' from Belgian workers, Maarten Van Ginderachter's vivid examples build a convincing argument that will engage historians and political scientists interested in working-class patriotism."—Janet Polasky, University of New Hampshire"This well-written, innovative, and engaging study pushes us to reorient our understanding not only of language and national identity in Belgium, but also how to go about studying them. Students unfamiliar with Belgian history will have no problem jumping right into this book, for Van Ginderachter concisely introduces and contextualizes all key issues. One could even say that it serves as a kind of primer on modern Belgian history. It will be useful not only to readers interested in Belgian history, but also to those studying nationalism, language, ethnicity, and labor movements in modern European history."—Matthew G. Stanard, Journal of Social History"Van Ginderachter presents in vivid detail personal stories and interactions among different social classes....[This] volume is a valuable contribution to the study of nationalism."—Zeying Wu, Political Science Quarterly"Van Ginderachter gives a penetrating account of the attitudes of Flemish and Walloon workers toward the fragile Belgian national project and toward their respective and increasingly politicized ethnic identities.Showing that nationalism has been instrumental in the democratic critique of power, and not only in the exercise of exclusivist and antidemocratic power, is among this book's significant accomplishments."—Jakub Benes, H-Nationalism"All too often, nationalism studies and labour studies have followed separate paths, making it difficult to explore the way in which ordinary working-class people interpreted nationalist discourses. With this book, Maarten Van Ginderachter makes a significant contribution to counterbalance this trend while helping scholars and the general public to get acquainted with the role that national discourses played in Belgian history."—Lucas Poy, The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History"This sociohistorical narrative provides insights of contemporary significance, as it coincides with projects of nationbuilding that seem to be rampant alongside the rise of rightwing populism across the world....The Everyday Nationalism of Workers offers useful reading not only for scholars interested in the intersections of labour, history, and colonialism or methodological innovations but also for practitioners of labour activism."—Asmita Bhutani Vij, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism"Van Ginderachter provides us with a refreshing look at national identities among the socialist urban working class of a society with several competing narratives of nationhood."—David J. Hensley, Journal of Modern History"[The Everyday Nationalism of Workers] has made a major contribution to the study of nationalism by investigating the complexities of class, religion, and ethnic identity in Belgium before the First World War....Van Ginderachter makes a powerful argument about nationalism as both pervasive and malleable."—Carl Strikwerda, American Historical Review"Martin van Ginderachter's brilliant study entitled The Everyday Nationalism of Workers provides a detailed case study of the Belgian Workers Party (BWP) and its attempt to forge a sense of national identity that appealed to their core constituency, i.e. industrial workers, but that was still capable of differentiating the BWP's vision of nation from that of its bourgeois rivals."—Stefan Berger, Moving the SocialTable of ContentsIntroduction: Workers into Belgians, Flemings and Walloons 1. A Socialist Pillar of a Hyperliberal State 2. Voting the Nation 3. Nationalist Celebrations and Mass Entertainment 4. An Anti-Militaristic State in Militaristic Times 5. The Royal and Colonial Paradox 6. Schooling the Nation 7. Encounters with the Belgian Flag and the National Anthem 8. Proletarian Tweets 9. Language, the Flemish Movement, and the Nation Epilogue: The First World War

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Book SynopsisTerritorial disputes are one of the main sources of tension in Northeast Asia. Escalation in such conflicts often stems from a widely shared public perception that the territory in question is of the utmost importance to the nation. While that's frequently not true in economic, military, or political terms, citizens' groups and other domestic actors throughout the region have mounted sustained campaigns to protect or recover disputed islands. Quite often, these campaigns have wide-ranging domestic and international consequences. Why and how do territorial disputes that at one point mattered little, become salient? Focusing on non-state actors rather than political elites, Alexander Bukh explains how and why apparently inconsequential territories become central to national discourse in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. These Islands Are Ours challenges the conventional wisdom that disputes-related campaigns originate in the desire to protect national territory and traces their roots to times of crisis in the respective societies. This book gives us a new way to understand the nature of territorial disputes and how they inform national identities by exploring the processes of their social construction, and amplification.Trade Review"In this refreshing book, Alexander Bukh marshals an impressive range of evidence and marries it to a theoretically nuanced approach to say something new and original. These Islands Are Ours will appeal to a wide audience that wishes to understand the micro-level processes by which the competing narratives and identities around these disputes are constructed." -- Hugo Dobson * University of Sheffield *"In this valuable contribution to our understanding of territorial disputes in Asia, Alexander Bukh does an admirable job of drawing attention to the internal dynamics in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. This book will be of interest to IR and Asia specialists seeking to understand how 'national identity entrepreneurs' in domestic politics shape societal narratives of territorial disputes, and how also the shifting patterns of their entrepreneurship can be consequential in taking on and eliciting responses from the state in times of deep flux and beyond." -- Saadia M. Pekkanen * University of Washington *"Bukh creatively employs a constructivist perspective....He excellently demonstrates how critical junctures and post–WW II reforms enabled greater civic action focused on the injustice of the loss of territory. Highly recommended." -- C. W. Herrick * CHOICE *"Bukh's layering of evidence—whether newspaper articles, interviews, or other media—supports a 'thick description' of the shifting but ultimately meaningful construction of national narratives about identity and territory in Northeast Asia. It is a valuable contribution to the study of international relations in Asia, especially for showing how narratives about territorial disputes are semiotically deployed, interpreted, and transformed." -- Ian Parker * Pacific Affairs *"For students with an interest in exploring new methods in East Asian area studies, These Islands is an example of interpretive research that cites a rich tapestry of sources, such as pamphlets, prefectural and government reports, petitions, newspapers, educational material, postcards, advertisements, and stamps... The book makes a valuable contribution to East Asian international relations." -- Nidhi Prasad * Journal of Asian Studies *"These Islands Are Ours is an important contribution to both the literature on territoriality and territorial conflict and our understanding of Northeast Asian Territorial disputes...It is [the] interaction of domestic and international politics—those two- (or three-) level games—that scholars of territoriality should turn to next. These Islands Are Ours leads the way." -- Boaz Atzili * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis chapter sets up the context, and introduces the object of this study and its main arguments. It introduces the main analytical premises of this study and the notions of national identity entrepreneurship and critical juncture. After outlining the methodology of this study, it concludes by providing an overview of the empirical chapters and the main arguments. 1Japan's "Northern Territories" chapter abstractThis chapter explores national identity entrepreneurship related to Japan's territories occupied by the Soviet Union in the waning days of WWII and focuses on the origins and transformations in the "Japan's inherent territory" narrative. Originating in the critical juncture created by the defeat, the Soviet occupation, and the domestic reforms, the "inherent territory" framing of the occupied islands was initially utilized by the grassroots movement as part of an attempt to draw attention to the economic plight of those that suffered from the Soviet occupation. In the early 1950s, Hokkaido Prefecture embraced the irredentist cause as a means of political struggle with Tokyo. From the late 1960s, as a result of Tokyo's appropriation of the "Northern Territories" and cooptation of the grassroots organizations, the narrative has changed significantly. From legitimation strategy, the "inherent territory" has gradually transformed into an end in itself, a symbol of injustice inflicted upon the nation. 2Shimane Prefecture's Quest for Takeshima chapter abstractThis chapter traces the emergence and transformation of the Takeshima- related campaign in Japan's Shimane Prefecture from the early postwar days until the passage of the "Takeshima Day" ordinance in 2005. Originating in the critical juncture of the defeat and subsequent reforms, Shimane Prefecture's Takeshima- related campaign was initially driven by purely economic concerns. From the mid-1960s on,wards however, as a result of the central government's discrepancy in its policies related to the Northern Territories and Takeshima, related policies, the campaign started to attain a certain ideational character, with "Takeshima" becoming a symbol of injustice inflicted upon the prefecture by Tokyo. Koizumi's intraparty and fiscal reforms of the early 2000s created the structural impetus for escalation in the Takeshima- related campaign, establishing the conditions for the passage of the "Takeshima Day" ordinance. 3The "Protect Dokdo" Movement in South Korea chapter abstractHaving its roots in the democratization movement, the "Protect Dokdo" movement in South Korea was shaped by the post-1987 socio-political and economic developments which that culminated in the 1997 financial crisis. The "Protect Dokdo" movement was a response to this critical juncture, a discursive attempt to re-create Korean national subjectivity by replicating but also modifying the national identity construct of the democratization movement. The eEmbracement of the Dokdo cause by the central government from 2005 onwards, impacted influenced both the movement's structure and its narrative. From the symbol of the Korean nation juxtaposed with the perceived symbiosis of the domestic ruling elites and Japan, "Dokdo" transformed into a symbol of the Korean "'self'" juxtaposed solely with the Japanese "other." 4Taiwan's "Protect the Diaoyutai" Baodiao Movement chapter abstractLocated in the nexus of two critical junctures—the "long 1960s" in the US United States and the collapse of nationalist mythology of the Kuomintang government—the Taiwanese movement for the protection of the Diaoyutai iIslands promoted a new narrative on Chinese national identity. The symbolism ascribed to the disputed islands was rather diverse, but the dominant, left-leaning part of the movement used the disputed islands to reproduce the Kuomintang- created narrative on national humiliation, while replacing the Republic of China with the People's Republic of China as the center of Chinese national subjectivity. In post-democratization Taiwan, this narrative gained a new political meaning, becoming an integral part of the legitimation strategy deployed by pro-unification political forces. Conclusion chapter abstractThis chapter summarizes the findings of this book. It draws a number of conclusions regarding the factors that spur the emergence of territorial disputes-–related national identity entrepreneurship, and analyzes the factors that account for the difference in the social reception of the narratives in the respective societies. It also outlines the implications of these case studies for our understanding of the social construction of a disputed territory and for the broader constructivist International Relations literature on national identity.

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Book SynopsisPeople everywhere are more dependent than ever on foreign migrants, products, and ideas—and more xenophobic. Intolerance and hate-based violence is on the rise in countries from Hungary to South Africa, threatening global security. With Interdependent Yet Intolerant, Robert Mandel explains why we live in an unexpectedly and increasingly hateful world, why existing policies have done little to help, and what needs to be done. Through an in-depth analysis of case studies from twelve diverse countries that have experienced violence between native citizens and foreign migrants, Mandel finds that the interdependence of the current liberal international order does not breed mutual understanding between groups through increased contact, but rather, under specific conditions, stimulates boomerang effects in the exact opposite direction. And the very policy measures intended to decrease violence—from heightened border enforcement intended to minimize instability, to intergovernmental payoffs to other countries to keep foreigners away, as in the EU—only inflame intolerance and promote global insecurity. Providing practical policy recommendations for managing identity-based violence in an age of mass migration and globalization, Interdependent Yet Intolerant calls on societies around the world to rethink their predominant notions of national identity and control. Trade Review"In today's increasingly identity-based political environment, eminent political scientist Robert Mandel's Interdependent Yet Intolerant is a valuable contribution to understanding attitudes and policies toward migrants and native citizens, a topic of growing importance throughout the world. Highly recommended."—Dan Caldwell, Pepperdine University"Robert Mandel's timely and compelling Interdependent Yet Intolerant is a significant contribution to the scholarly discourse on immigration and intolerance. Mandel treats emotionally charged topics with deftness, in-depth analysis, and balance. His case studies are tied to his analytical perspective and recommendations to cope with mass migration across national boundaries."—Michael C. LeMay, California State University, San BernardinoTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Intensifying Global Interdependence 2. Deepening Native-Foreigner Intolerance 3. Intolerance-Based Violence and Global Insecurity 4. Intolerance-Based Violence Cases 5. Intolerance-Based Violence Findings 6. Managing Intolerance-Based Violence Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPeople everywhere are more dependent than ever on foreign migrants, products, and ideas—and more xenophobic. Intolerance and hate-based violence is on the rise in countries from Hungary to South Africa, threatening global security. With Interdependent Yet Intolerant, Robert Mandel explains why we live in an unexpectedly and increasingly hateful world, why existing policies have done little to help, and what needs to be done. Through an in-depth analysis of case studies from twelve diverse countries that have experienced violence between native citizens and foreign migrants, Mandel finds that the interdependence of the current liberal international order does not breed mutual understanding between groups through increased contact, but rather, under specific conditions, stimulates boomerang effects in the exact opposite direction. And the very policy measures intended to decrease violence—from heightened border enforcement intended to minimize instability, to intergovernmental payoffs to other countries to keep foreigners away, as in the EU—only inflame intolerance and promote global insecurity. Providing practical policy recommendations for managing identity-based violence in an age of mass migration and globalization, Interdependent Yet Intolerant calls on societies around the world to rethink their predominant notions of national identity and control. Trade Review"In today's increasingly identity-based political environment, eminent political scientist Robert Mandel's Interdependent Yet Intolerant is a valuable contribution to understanding attitudes and policies toward migrants and native citizens, a topic of growing importance throughout the world. Highly recommended."—Dan Caldwell, Pepperdine University"Robert Mandel's timely and compelling Interdependent Yet Intolerant is a significant contribution to the scholarly discourse on immigration and intolerance. Mandel treats emotionally charged topics with deftness, in-depth analysis, and balance. His case studies are tied to his analytical perspective and recommendations to cope with mass migration across national boundaries."—Michael C. LeMay, California State University, San BernardinoTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Intensifying Global Interdependence 2. Deepening Native-Foreigner Intolerance 3. Intolerance-Based Violence and Global Insecurity 4. Intolerance-Based Violence Cases 5. Intolerance-Based Violence Findings 6. Managing Intolerance-Based Violence Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK / TOP 10 RECOMMENDED READ Two experts of extremist radicalization take us down the QAnon rabbit hole, exposing how the conspiracy theory ensnared countless Americans, and show us a way back to sanity. In January 2021, thousands descended on the U.S. Capitol to aid President Donald Trump in combating a shadowy cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles. Two women were among those who died that day. They, like millions of Americans, believed that a mysterious insider known as "Q" is exposing a vast deep-state conspiracy. The QAnon conspiracy theory has ensnared many women, who identify as members of "pastel QAnon," answering the call to "save the children." With Pastels and Pedophiles, Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko explain why the rise of QAnon should not surprise us: believers have been manipulated to follow the baseless conspiracy. The authors track QAnon's unexpected leap from the darkest corners of the Internet to the filtered glow of yogi-mama Instagram, a frenzy fed by the COVID-19 pandemic that supercharged conspiracy theories and spurred a fresh wave of Q-inspired violence. Pastels and Pedophiles connects the dots for readers, showing how a conspiracy theory with its roots in centuries-old anti-Semitic hate has adapted to encompass local grievances and has metastasized around the globe—appealing to a wide range of alienated people who feel that something is not quite right in the world around them. While QAnon claims to hate Hollywood, the book demonstrates how much of Q's mythology is ripped from movie and television plot lines. Finally, Pastels and Pedophiles lays out what can be done about QAnon's corrosive effect on society, to bring Q followers out of the rabbit hole and back into the light. Trade Review"A revealing—and disturbing—analysis of a dangerous threat to American democracy." —Kirkus Reviews"Pastels and Pedophiles is a primer on one of the knottiest subjects of our time, and it will surely be helpful to uninitiated readers."—Seyward Darby, New York Times"Experts on fringe movements (Bloom is a political scientist, Moskalenko a psychologist), the authors describe an entity that is at once a cult, a scam and a useful tool for the political Right."—Roger Atwood, Times Literary Supplement"Pastels and Pedophiles... does particularly important work contextualizing QAnon within a longer history of anti-Semitic conspiratorial thinking, detailing linkages between key aspects of QAnon beliefs and anti-Semitic thinking, comparingThe Protocols of the Elders of Zionwith fake news or blood libel with adrenochrome harvesting. Such historical comparisons are interesting for thinking through some of the underlying ideological dynamics within QAnon."—Matthew N. Hannah Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Books"Pastels and Pedophiles is a great book for anyone seeking a basic, reliable introduction to the phenomenon of QAnon."—R. Fritze, CHOICE"Pastels and Pedophiles takes the reader on a wild ride through the world of QAnon and its adherents and raises some important questions and points on what can be done to minimize its impact and dismantle the movement in a post-January 6th world."—Stephanie J. Richmond, H-War"Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko's new bookPastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnonoffers a more sober and well-researched account of the movement. This is a good starting place for anyone looking for an overview of all things Q. ... Bloom and Moskalenko's examination of the gender politics of QAnon, including its special appeal for mothers struggling through COVID-19 lockdowns, is especially powerful."—Jordan S. Carroll, Los Angeles Review of Books"Pastels and Pedophiles is an indispensable study of all aspects of the QAnon conspiracy theories for scholars studying and teaching about the movement."—Catherine Wessinger, Nova Religio"[Bloom and Moskalenko] successfully illustrate how the fragmented and constantly morphing nature of the QAnon ideology, a tendency for believers to selectively opt-in to its tenets, and a lack of leadership structure mark it apart from other movements.... Pastels and Pedophiles could be an accessible resource for the public seeking to educate themselves on QAnon or help afflicted peers. It could equally be a useful foundational text for researchers as it suggests many avenues and areas for further study."—Louisa Rogers, Critical Studies on Terrorism

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the intellectual evolution of Hans Kohn, pioneer of nationalism studies, revealing the centrality of the idea of the nation to the ideological struggles of the twentieth century.

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Book SynopsisSince the ‘migration crisis’ of 2016, long-simmering tensions between the Western members of the European Union and its ‘new’ Eastern members – Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary – have proven to be fertile ground for rebellion against liberal values and policies. In this startling and original book Ivan Kalmar argues that Central European illiberalism is a misguided response to the devastating effects of global neoliberalism, which arose from the area’s brutal transition to capitalism in the 1990s. Kalmar argues that dismissive attitudes towards ‘Eastern Europeans’ are a form of racism and explores the close relation between racism towards Central Europeans and racism by Central Europeans: a people white but not quite.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Race, Illiberalism, Central Europe 1. How Eastern Europeans Became Less White 2. How Central Europeans Became Eastern European 3. How Central Europeans Became Central European (Time and Time Again) 4. Central Europe: Half-Truths and Facts 5. The Last of the White Men: Central Europe’s White Innocence 6. ‘Have Eastern Europeans No Shame?’ Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Homophobia in Central Europe 7. Imitators Spurned: Why the West Needs Central Europe to Stay in its Eastern European Place 8. ‘We Will Not Be a Colony!’ 9. Slavia Prague v. Glasgow Rangers: Lessons from a Football Match Conclusion: When the Migrants Come Postscript: Confessions of a Canadian Central European

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Book SynopsisIndia will soon be the world’s most populated country and its political development will shape the world of the 21st century. Yet Hindu nationalism – at the helm of contemporary Indian politics – is not well understood outside of India, and its links to the global neoliberal trajectory have not been explored. Covering 30 years of Indian politics, this book shows for the first time the importance of education in propagating the acceptance of Hindu nationalism within a neolberal system, including the reframing of the concept of Indian citizenship. The first five years of Modi rule failed to bring about the development that had been promised and have seen India’s rapid change from a largely inclusive society to one where religious minorities are denied their basic rights.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Role of Post-Colonial Politics In re-Theorizing India’s National Identity Part 1: Education and Ideology 2. Hindu Nationalism Versus Secularism and the Social Realities of Discrimination 3. India’s Neoliberal Schools: The Hindu Nationalist and Neoliberal Agenda in School Education Part 2: The Effects of Neoliberalism on Teachers and Higher Education 4. Teachers’ Voices: Neoliberal and Hindu Nationalist Agendas in School Education in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Assam 5. Higher Education, Neoliberalism and Hindu Nationalism Part 3: Whither India? 6. The Effects of the Indian Political Choice Model on Citizenship Under the BJP Modi Government Epilogue: India at 75

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Book SynopsisToday, an international new right has coalesced. Variously described as nativist, right-populist, alt-right, and neofascist, far-right movements in many countries have achieved electoral victories that not long ago seemed highly improbable. They have also developed a new cultural politics. Adapting tactics from the left, the new right has moved from decorum to transgression; from conservative propriety to the frank sexualization of political figures and positions; from appealing to the conscious normalcy of the “silent majority” to recasting itself as a protest movement of and for the aggrieved. These movements share a mandate for robust nationalism, yet they also cultivate a striking international solidarity. Who is the subject of this ethnonationalism? Many new right movements have in fact intensified or laid bare long-standing tendencies, but this volume seeks to address aspects of their cultural politics that raise new and urgent questions. How should we assess the new right’s disconcerting appropriations of strategies of minoritarian resistance? How can we practice critique in the face of adversaries who claim to practice a critique of their own? How do apparently post-normative versions of nationalism give rise to heightened forms of militarism, incarceration, censorship, and inequality? How should we understand the temporality of ethnonationalism, which combines a romance with archaic tradition, an ethos of disruption driven by tech futurism frequently tinged with accelerationist pathos, and a kitschy nostalgia for a hazily defined recent past, when things were “greater” than they are now? Surveying nationalisms from Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Israel-Palestine, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Reaction Formations gives a critical account of contemporary ethnonationalist cultural politics, while drawing out counterstrategies for anti-fascist resistance. Contributors: Tyler Blakeney, Chiara Bottici, Joshua Branciforte, Gisela Catanzaro, Melinda Cooper, Julian Göpffarth, Ramsey McGlazer, Benjamin Noys, Bruno Perreau, Rahul Rao, Shaul Setter, and M. TyTable of ContentsIntroduction: On the Subject of Ethnonationalism Joshua Branciforte and Ramsey McGlazer | 1 I. Psychic Economieies 1. Fascism Without Men: On the Gender Politics of the Radical Right Joshua Branciforte | 23 2. Navigating Mass Psychology: The Political Myth of Trumpism Chiara Bottici | 58 3. Challenging the Outlaw Thesis: New Configurations of Sexuality, Politics, and Aesthetics Ty Blakeney | 88 4. The Myth of What We Can Take In: Global Migration and the “Receptive Capacity” of the Nation-State M. Ty | 118 II. Ethnostates 5. The Return to Exile: Critical Shifts in the Age of Neo-Zionism Shaul Setter | 145 6. The Alt-Right: From Libertarianism to Paleolibertarianism and Beyond Melinda Cooper | 166 7. Nationalisms By, Against, and Beyond the Indian State Rahul Rao | 190 8. Giving the Heimat a New Home: National Belonging and Ethnopluralism on the German Far Right Julian Göpffarth | 207 III. Counterrevolutions and Culture 9. Planetary Technology and Reactionary Accelerationism Benjamin Noys | 241 10. “The New Conservative Humanism”: Reflections on a New Ethnonational Counterrevolution Bruno Perreau | 263 11. Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Neocolonial Subordination: Beyond the National Question (Argentina, 2015–2019) Gisela Catanzaro | 297 12. Gramsci’s Grave Ramsey McGlazer | 324 About the Contributors | 349 Index | 353

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Book SynopsisToday, an international new right has coalesced. Variously described as nativist, right-populist, alt-right, and neofascist, far-right movements in many countries have achieved electoral victories that not long ago seemed highly improbable. They have also developed a new cultural politics. Adapting tactics from the left, the new right has moved from decorum to transgression; from conservative propriety to the frank sexualization of political figures and positions; from appealing to the conscious normalcy of the “silent majority” to recasting itself as a protest movement of and for the aggrieved. These movements share a mandate for robust nationalism, yet they also cultivate a striking international solidarity. Who is the subject of this ethnonationalism? Many new right movements have in fact intensified or laid bare long-standing tendencies, but this volume seeks to address aspects of their cultural politics that raise new and urgent questions. How should we assess the new right’s disconcerting appropriations of strategies of minoritarian resistance? How can we practice critique in the face of adversaries who claim to practice a critique of their own? How do apparently post-normative versions of nationalism give rise to heightened forms of militarism, incarceration, censorship, and inequality? How should we understand the temporality of ethnonationalism, which combines a romance with archaic tradition, an ethos of disruption driven by tech futurism frequently tinged with accelerationist pathos, and a kitschy nostalgia for a hazily defined recent past, when things were “greater” than they are now? Surveying nationalisms from Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Israel-Palestine, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Reaction Formations gives a critical account of contemporary ethnonationalist cultural politics, while drawing out counterstrategies for anti-fascist resistance. Contributors: Tyler Blakeney, Chiara Bottici, Joshua Branciforte, Gisela Catanzaro, Melinda Cooper, Julian Göpffarth, Ramsey McGlazer, Benjamin Noys, Bruno Perreau, Rahul Rao, Shaul Setter, and M. TyTable of ContentsIntroduction: On the Subject of Ethnonationalism Joshua Branciforte and Ramsey McGlazer | 1 I. Psychic Economieies 1. Fascism Without Men: On the Gender Politics of the Radical Right Joshua Branciforte | 23 2. Navigating Mass Psychology: The Political Myth of Trumpism Chiara Bottici | 58 3. Challenging the Outlaw Thesis: New Configurations of Sexuality, Politics, and Aesthetics Ty Blakeney | 88 4. The Myth of What We Can Take In: Global Migration and the “Receptive Capacity” of the Nation-State M. Ty | 118 II. Ethnostates 5. The Return to Exile: Critical Shifts in the Age of Neo-Zionism Shaul Setter | 145 6. The Alt-Right: From Libertarianism to Paleolibertarianism and Beyond Melinda Cooper | 166 7. Nationalisms By, Against, and Beyond the Indian State Rahul Rao | 190 8. Giving the Heimat a New Home: National Belonging and Ethnopluralism on the German Far Right Julian Göpffarth | 207 III. Counterrevolutions and Culture 9. Planetary Technology and Reactionary Accelerationism Benjamin Noys | 241 10. “The New Conservative Humanism”: Reflections on a New Ethnonational Counterrevolution Bruno Perreau | 263 11. Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Neocolonial Subordination: Beyond the National Question (Argentina, 2015–2019) Gisela Catanzaro | 297 12. Gramsci’s Grave Ramsey McGlazer | 324 About the Contributors | 349 Index | 353

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Book SynopsisTurkish nationalism erupted onto the world stage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as first Greeks, then Armenians and other minority groups within the Ottoman Empire began to assert national identity and seek independence. Umut Uzer examines the ideological evolution and transformation of Turkish nationalism from its early precursors to its contemporary protagonists. Through a textual analysis of nationalist writings, this volume considers how political developments influenced Turkish nationalism. It tackles the question of how an ideology that began as a revolutionary, progressive, forward-looking ideal eventually transformed into one that is conservative, patriarchal, and nostalgic to the Ottoman and Islamic past. Between Islamic and Turkish Identity is the first book in any language to comprehensively analyze Turkish nationalism with such scope and engagement with primary sources, dissecting the phenomenon in all its manifestations.Trade Review“Surveys some of the major ideas of Turkish nationalism as it traces the development and transformation of this idea in its various forms. Nothing of the sort exists in English that is not outdated or that offers similar coverage.” —Yücel Yan?kda?, author of Healing the Nation: Prisoners of War, Medicine, and Nationalism in Turkey, 1914–1939“The book is useful for students of Turkish nationalism and can be used for undergraduate classrooms or as a reference book for the genealogy of Turkish nationalist thought. Currently, such information can only be obtained by sifting through several outdated books.”—Hakan Özo?lu, director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Central Florida

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Book SynopsisWomen, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1848–1918 focuses on the lives of women in Southeastern Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exploring the intersection of gender and nationalism. By looking at a wide range of sources and employing rich historiography, this collection investigates the currents of women's emancipatory efforts in a climate of conflicting assumptions relating to nationhood and nationalization. This book sheds light on a time when both women and nations were working to assert themselves, and how women promoted the national cause in an attempt to assume stronger roles in the public sphere. The volume studies areas that were nationally mixed and linguistically plural, thus pointing to the dynamic role of peripheries and pluralism affecting women's approaches to and experience of nationalization. These essays speak to women's agency as individuals and members of the social networks, and their roles in cultural, ethnic, and political movements in pluralistic societies of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thereby arguing that they "enacted" borders and were not simply acted on by them, while also elucidating the ways they transgress the borders.

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Book SynopsisPatriotism has long been an important theme in world literature, especially during the era of the so-called "nation-state." Millions of people, motivated by patriotism, have served their countries in many different ways, including in military service in which millions have died. What is patriotism? How has it been defined, embraced, and sometimes rejected? How are various attitudes toward it reflected in literature? These are the kinds of questions this volume will explore from deliberately diverse perspectives.

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Book SynopsisExamines the evolving lives of two men who were crucial political figures in the consequential decades prior to the Civil WarAlthough neither of them lived to see the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun did as much any two political figures of the era to shape the intersectional tensions that produced the conflict. William F. Hartford examines the lives of Adams and Calhoun as a prism through which to view the developing sectional conflict. While both men came of age as strong nationalists, their views, like those of the nation, diverged by the 1830s, largely over the issue of slavery. Hartford examines the two men's responses to issues of nationalism and empire, sectionalism and nullification, slavery and antislavery, party and politics, and also the expansion of slavery. He offers fresh insights into the sectional conflict that also accounts for the role of personal idiosyncrasy and interpersonal relationships in the coming of the Civil War.

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Book SynopsisExamines the evolving lives of two men who were crucial political figures in the consequential decades prior to the Civil WarAlthough neither of them lived to see the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun did as much any two political figures of the era to shape the intersectional tensions that produced the conflict. William F. Hartford examines the lives of Adams and Calhoun as a prism through which to view the developing sectional conflict. While both men came of age as strong nationalists, their views, like those of the nation, diverged by the 1830s, largely over the issue of slavery. Hartford examines the two men's responses to issues of nationalism and empire, sectionalism and nullification, slavery and antislavery, party and politics, and also the expansion of slavery. He offers fresh insights into the sectional conflict that also accounts for the role of personal idiosyncrasy and interpersonal relationships in the coming of the Civil War.

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