Robert M Buffington

• Preface , Independence and its Aftermath , The Struggle for Independence , Searching for a New Road , Constructing the Nation-State , Real and Imagined Communities , Modernity and the Emergence of the Nation-State , Consolidating the Nation-State , The Rise of Mass Politics and Culture , Revolution, Democracy, and Dictatorship , Democracy, Civil War, and Neoliberalism , Challenges to the Nation-State , Globalization and Its Discontents , The Two Americas

Robert M Buffington

• Preface , Independence and its Aftermath , The Struggle for Independence , Searching for a New Road , Constructing the Nation-State , Real and Imagined Communities , Modernity and the Emergence of the Nation-State , Consolidating the Nation-State , The Rise of Mass Politics and Culture , Revolution, Democracy, and Dictatorship , Democracy, Civil War, and Neoliberalism , Challenges to the Nation-State , Globalization and Its Discontents , The Two Americas

Robert M Buffington

• Preface , Independence and its Aftermath , The Struggle for Independence , Searching for a New Road , Constructing the Nation-State , Real and Imagined Communities , Modernity and the Emergence of the Nation-State , Consolidating the Nation-State , The Rise of Mass Politics and Culture , Revolution, Democracy, and Dictatorship , Democracy, Civil War, and Neoliberalism , Challenges to the Nation-State , Globalization and Its Discontents , The Two Americas