Contentions of Nationhood Nationalist Movements, Political Conflict, and Social Change in Flanders, Scotland, and French Canada

by Hossay, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780739103685
• ISBN10: 0739103687
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-06
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

The resurgence of "non-state nationalisms" constitutes one of the most puzzling political phenomena of the new century. In Contentions of Nationhood Patrick Hossay presents an innovative historical study of the origins of nationalist movements in Belgium (Flanders), Great Britain (Scotland), and Canada (Quebec). The work provides a rare and valuable analysis of three nationalist movements and the political construction of the idea of nationhood. Spanning European and North American history from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, Contentions of Nationhood combines the very best in macro history and comparative political theory to address an important lacuna in the study of state formation and the historical process of constructing national identities.

Author Biography

Patrick Hossay is assistant professor of political science at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(16)
Approaching Nationhood	17	(18)
Section I: Constructing States and Nations	35	(50)
Constitional Moments	41	(44)
Section II: Patriots and Citizen	85	(120)
Scotland: Patriotic Reform	97	(30)
Flanders: Language is the Entirety of the people	127	(34)
French Canada: A Province Unlike the Others	161	(44)
Section III: Total Nations	205	(78)
Nation, Race, State, and Empire	211	(22)
Partisan Nationalists	233	(22)
Over the Top	255	(28)
Conclusion	283	(14)
Selected Bibliography	297	(16)
Index	313	(4)
About the Author	317