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Cultural Foundations of Nations: Hierarchy, Covenant and Republic
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7799-3
Hardcover
264 pages
March 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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* Major new work by a leading historical sociologist

* Challenges the prevailing idea of nationalism as a product of modernity

* Demonstrates that different political forms of community and collective identity from pre-modern times have contributed to the formation and character of nations

* Analyzes the chronology and nature of nations, from the ancient world, to the European Middle Ages, the early modern, and the modern eras

* Discusses alternative destinies facing modern nations today