Nationalizing the Past Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europ
Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fict
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Writing the Nation: National Historiographies and the Making of Nation States in 19th and 20th Century Europe General Editors: Stefan Berger, Christoph Conrad and Guy P. Marchal
As a transnational and comparative investigation, this series will explore the structures and workings of national histories; enhance our understanding of the diversity of national narratives in Europe; and open up a dialogue for understanding among European nation states. In particular, the books will bring together the histories of Western and Eastern Europe in an attempt to bridge the historiographical divide cemented by the long division of the continent by the Cold War. The series will compare the role of social actors and institutions, as well as the importance of diverse narrative hierarchies in nationally constituted historiographies. It attempts to organize the comparison between historiographical and other representations of the past in order to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of diverse forms of representation within specific historical cultures. It promotes comparisons between different nationallyconstituted historical cultures in order to take account of their various contests, interactions, exchanges, misunderstandings and conflicts. The series will focus on, first, the institutions, networks and communities that produced national histories and were themselves influenced by the idea of national history, secondly, the construction, erosion and reconstruction of national histories and their relationship with other master narratives structuring diverse forms of historical writing (e.g. class, race, religion and gender), thirdly, national histories and their relationship with regional, European and world histories, and finally, territorial overlaps and contested borderlands and their impact on the writing of national histories. Titles include: Ilaria Porciani and Lutz Raphael (editors) VOL I: ATLAS OF EUROPEAN HISTORIOGRAPHY The Making of a Profession, 1800–2005 Ilaria Porciani and Jo Tollebeek (editors) VOL II: SETTING THE STANDARDS Institutions, Networks and Communities of National Historiography Stefan Berger and Chriz Lorenz (editors) VOL III: THE CONTESTED NATION Ethnicity, Class, Religion and Gender in National Histories Stefan Berger and Chris Lorenz (editors) VOL IV: NATIONALIZING THE PAST Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe Matthias Middell and Lluis Roura (editors) VOL V: TRANSNATIONAL CHALLENGES TO NATIONAL HISTORY WRITING Tibor Frank and Frank Hadler (editors) VOL VI: DISPUTED TERRITORIES AND SHARED PASTS Overlapping National Histories in Modern Europe
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National histories form an important part of the collective memory of the peoples of Europe and national bonds have been, and continue to be, among the strongest bonds of loyalty. This new series is the main outcome of a five-year research programme funded
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