John Breuilly is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. His main interests are in the history and theory of nationalism and in modern European, especially German history. Recent book publications include Austria, Prussia and the Making of Modern Germany, 1806-1871 (2011), Nationalism, Power and Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Germany (2007), and articles and chapters on charismatic leadership and nationalism and on nationalism and global history. He is currently working on a book on the global history of nationalism, also to be published by Oxford University Press.

an impressive volume of easy-to-read, clear and concise essays ... an extremely thorough and illuminating book.

• PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: IDEAS AND SENTIMENTS; PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: POLITICS AND POWER; PART III: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: POLITICS AND POWER; PART IV: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: IDEAS, SENTIMENTS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PART V: CHALLENGES TO THE WORLD OF NATION STATES; PART VI: NATIONALIST HISTORIOGRAPHY

John Breuilly is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. His main interests are in the history and theory of nationalism and in modern European, especially German history. Recent book publications include Austria, Prussia and the Making of Modern Germany, 1806-1871 (2011), Nationalism, Power and Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Germany (2007), and articles and chapters on charismatic leadership and nationalism and on nationalism and global history. He is currently working on a book on the global history of nationalism, also to be published by Oxford University Press.

an impressive volume of easy-to-read, clear and concise essays ... an extremely thorough and illuminating book.

• PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: IDEAS AND SENTIMENTS; PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: POLITICS AND POWER; PART III: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: POLITICS AND POWER; PART IV: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: IDEAS, SENTIMENTS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PART V: CHALLENGES TO THE WORLD OF NATION STATES; PART VI: NATIONALIST HISTORIOGRAPHY

John Breuilly is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. His main interests are in the history and theory of nationalism and in modern European, especially German history. Recent book publications include Austria, Prussia and the Making of Modern Germany, 1806-1871 (2011), Nationalism, Power and Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Germany (2007), and articles and chapters on charismatic leadership and nationalism and on nationalism and global history. He is currently working on a book on the global history of nationalism, also to be published by Oxford University Press.

an impressive volume of easy-to-read, clear and concise essays ... an extremely thorough and illuminating book.

• PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: IDEAS AND SENTIMENTS; PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: POLITICS AND POWER; PART III: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: POLITICS AND POWER; PART IV: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: IDEAS, SENTIMENTS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PART V: CHALLENGES TO THE WORLD OF NATION STATES; PART VI: NATIONALIST HISTORIOGRAPHY