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Book SynopsisFatherlands explores the nature of identity in nineteenth-century Germany, and has crucial implications for our understanding of nationalism, German unification and the German state in the modern era. It approaches these questions from a new angle, that of the non-national territorial state, exploring the state-building process in non-Prussian Germany.
Trade Review'… it will be a great success which will make many stimulating contributions to early modern and modern European history … elegant, persuasive, and eminently readable … Abigail Green has succeeded in moving the goal posts for any enquiry into the growth of nationalism and the persistence of particularism in Germany in the second half of the nineteenth century.' Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, London
'… closely argued and tremendously well researched … It should become required reading for those interested in the development of German nationalism … The book deserves to have a major impact.' Nations and Nationalism
'State-building and nationhood are among German historiography's most durable subjects, but in Abigail Green's fine book we see them in a strikingly new context.' The English Historical Review
'Green has devised a challenging but worthwhile and manageable comparative historical project.' German History
'… for scholars interested in nationalism, state formation, or nineteenth-century Germany, this book is indispensable.' Journal of Social History
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Variations of German experience: Hanover, Saxony and Württemberg; 2. Modernising monarchy; 3. Cultures of the fatherland; 4. Propaganda; 5. Educating patriots; 6. Communications; 7. Imagined identities; 8. Nationhood; Conclusion.
