Writing national histories : Western Europe since 1800 / Stefan Berger, Mark Donovan, and Kevin Passmore.

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9780203273715

9780415164269

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9780203053638

Title:

Writing national histories : Western Europe since 1800 / Stefan Berger, Mark Donovan, and Kevin Passmore.

Author:

Berger, Stefan.

Personal Author:

Berger, Stefan.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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1 online resource (xiii, 314 pages)

Contents:

pt. I. Comparative perspectives. Apologias for the nation-state in Western Europe since 1800 / Stefan Berger, Mark Donovan and Kevin Passmore -- Nationalism and historiography, 1789-1996 : the German example in historical perspective / Georg G. Iggers -- Literature, liberty and life of the nation : British historiography from Macaulay to Trevelyan / Benedikt Stuchtey -- pt. II. The age of bourgeois revolution. History as a principle of legitimation in France (1820-48) / Ceri Crossley -- National unification and narrative unity : the case of Ranke's German History / Patrick Bahners -- Unity and confederation in the Italian Risorgimento : the case of Carlo Cattaneo / Martin Thom -- pt. III. The age of the masses. Taine and the nation-state / Stuart Jones -- 'Prussians in a good sense' : German historians as critics of Prussian conservatism, 1890-1920 / Alastair Thompson -- The search for a 'national' history : Italian historiographical trends following unification / Mauro Moretti -- pt. IV. Liberal democracy and antifascism (1918-45). Marc Bloch as a critic of historiographical nationalism in the interwar years / Peter Schottler -- From antifascist to Volkshistoriker : demos and ethnos in the political thought of Fritz Rorig, 1921-45 / Peter Lambert -- Reclaiming Italy? Antifascist historians and history in Justice and Liberty / Philip Morgan -- pt. V. Fascist historiography and the nation-state. Right-wing historiographical models in France, 1918-45 / Bertram M. Gordon -- German historiography under National Socialism : dreams of a powerful nation-state and German Volkstum come true / Hans Schleier -- Gioacchino Volpe and fascist historiography in Italy / Martin Clark -- pt. VI. The Cold War years. Rebuilding France : Gaullist historiography, the rise-fall myth and French identity (1945-58) / Hugo Frey -- Dividing the past, defining the present : historians and national identity in the two Germanies / Mary Fulbrook -- A neglected question : Historians and the Italian national state (1945-95) / Roberto Vivarelli -- pt. VII. Contemporary trends. Historians and the nation in contemporary France / Julian Jackson -- Historians and the search for national identity in the reunified Germany / Stefan Berger -- Historians and the 'First Republic' / Carl Levy -- pt. VIII. Conclusion. Historians and the nation-state : some conclusions / Kevin Passmore, Stefan Berger and Mark Donovan.

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Europe -- Historiography.

Europe -- History -- 1789-1900 -- Historiography.

Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Historiography.

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Donovan, Mark, 1955-

Passmore, Kevin.

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2002

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This book examines comparatively how the writing of history by individuals and groups, historians, politicians and journalists has been used to "legitimate" the nation-state agianst socialist, communist and catholic internationalism in the modern era. Covering the whole of Western Europe, the book includes discussion of:
* history as legitimation in post-revolutionary France
* unity and confederation in the Italian Risorgimento
* German historians as critics of Prussian conservatism
* right-wing history writing in France between the wars
* British historiography from Macauley to Trevelyan
* the search for national identity in the reunified Germany.

Author Notes

Patrick Bahners is a journalist with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and is currently completing a Ph.D.
Stefan Berger, is Senior Lecturer in German History at the University of Wales, Cardiff
Martin Clark is Reader in the Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh
Ceri Crossley is Professor of Nineteenth-Century French Studies at the University of Birmingham
Mark Donovan is Lecturer in the School of European Studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff
Hugo Frey is Associate Lecturer in European Studies and a Ph.D. research student at the University of Surrey
Mary Fulbrook is Professor of History at University College London
Bertram M. Gordon is the Frederick A. Rice Professor of History at Mills College in Oakland, California
Georg Iggers has recently retired as Professor of History at the State University of New York at Buffalo
Julian Jackson is Reader in Modern History at University College, Swansea
Stuart Jones is Lecturer in History at the University of Manchester
Peter Lambert is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Carl Levy lectures in European Politics at Goldsmiths College, London
Mauro Moretti is a researcher in contemporary history at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Philip Morgan is Head of the Department of European Studies in the School of European Languages and Cultures at the University of Hull
Kevin Passmore is Lecturer in History at the University of Wales, Cardiff
Hans Schleier, recently retired as Professor of History at the University of Halle
Peter Schottler is Directeur de Recherche at the CNRS, Paris
Benedikt Stuchtey is Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in London
Martin Thom is a freelance translator and author based in Cambridge
Alastair Thompson is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century European History at the University of Durham
Roberto Vivarelli is Professor of Contemporary History at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

Stefan Berger and Mark Donovan and Kevin PassmoreGeorg G. IggersBenedikt StuchteyCeri CrossleyPatrick BahnersMartin ThomStuart JonesAlastair ThompsonMauro MorettiPeter SchottlerPeter LambertPhilip MorganBertram M. GordonHans SchleierMartin ClarkHugo FreyMary FulbrookRoberto VivarelliJulian JacksonStefan BergerCarl LevyKevin Passmore and Stefan Berger and Mark Donovan

Notes on contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Part I Comparative perspectives	p. 1
1 Apologias for the nation-state in Western Europe since 1800	p. 3
2 Nationalism and historiography, 1789-1996: the German example in historical perspective	p. 15
3 Literature, liberty and life of the nation: British historiography from Macaulay to Trevelyan	p. 30
Part II The age of bourgeois revolution	p. 47
4 History as a principle of legitimation in France (1820-48)	p. 49
5 National unification and narrative unity: the case of Ranke's German History	p. 57
6 Unity and confederation in the Italian Risorgimento: the case of Carlo Cattaneo	p. 69
Part III The age of the masses	p. 83
7 Taine and the nation-state	p. 85
8 'Prussians in a good sense': German historians as critics of Prussian conservatism, 1890-1920	p. 97
9 The search for a 'national' history: Italian historiographical trends following unification	p. 111
Part IV Liberal democracy and antifascism (1918-45)	p. 123
10 Marc Bloch as a critic of historiographical nationalism in the interwar years	p. 125
11 From antifascist to Volkshistoriker: demos and ethnos in the political thought of Fritz Rorig, 1921-45	p. 137
12 Reclaiming Italy? Antifascist historians and history in Justice and Liberty	p. 150
Part V Fascist historiography and the nation-state	p. 161
13 Right-wing historiographical models in France, 1918-45	p. 163
14 German historiography under National Socialism: dreams of a powerful nation-state and German Volkstum come true	p. 176
15 Gioacchino Volpe and fascist historiography in Italy	p. 189
Part VI The Cold War years	p. 203
16 Rebuilding France: Gaullist historiography, the rise--fall myth and French identity (1945-58)	p. 205
17 Dividing the past, defining the present: historians and national identity in the two Germanies	p. 217
18 A neglected question: Historians and the Italian national state (1945-95)	p. 230
Part VII Contemporary trends	p. 237
19 Historians and the nation in contemporary France	p. 239
20 Historians and the search for national identity in the reunified Germany	p. 252
21 Historians and the 'First Republic'	p. 265
Part VIII Conclusion	p. 279
22 Historians and the nation-state: some conclusions	p. 281
Index	p. 305

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