Beyond Nations

Evolving Homelands in the North Atlantic World, 1400-2000

AvJohn R. Chavez

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beyond Nations traces the evolution of 'peripheral' ethnic homelands around the North Atlantic, from before transoceanic contact to their current standing in the world political system. For example, 'Megumaage', homeland of the Micmac is transformed into the French colony of Acadia, then into the British colony of Nova Scotia, and subsequently into the present Canadian province. Centrally, Professor Chávez tracks the role of colonialism in the transformation of such lands, but especially the part played by federalism in moving beyond the ethnic and racial conflicts resulting from imperialism. Significantly, Chávez gives attention to the effects of these processes on the individual mind, arguing that historically federalism has permitted the individual to sustain and balance varying ethnic loyalties regionally, nationally, and globally. Beyond Nations concludes with a discussion of an evolving global imagination that takes into account migrations, borderlands, and transnational communities in an increasingly postcolonial and postnational world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-06-29
Mått:158 x 237 x 22 mm
Vikt:550 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521516679

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John R. Chávez is currently Professor of History at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of The Lost Land: The Chicano Image of the Southwest (1984), which earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Among his other works are Memories and Migrations: Mapping Boricua and Chicana Histories, (2008), which he co-edited with Vicki Ruiz, and Eastside Landmark: A History of the East Los Angeles Community Union (1998).

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'Beyond Nations is an important contribution to historical, sociological, political, and economic literatures on the Atlantic economy, on trade, colonialism, decolonization, neocolonialism, and internal colonialism. As the title suggests, it adds dimensions beyond individual states and beyond empires. Thus, this lucidly written book is a valuable addition to the burgeoning literature on global and world history.' Thomas D. Hall, DePauw University

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Introduction: images of concentric community; 1. Native American images of community - evolving homelands; 2. Visions of homeland in Europe and Africa - changing communities; 3. Designs for transatlantic empire - the colonial era, 1400–1700; 4. Envisioning nations - incorporation of independences, 1700–1820; 5. Conceiving federations - national development, 1820-1880; 6. Imperial designs revived - the second colonial era, 1880–1945; 7. Postcolonial visions - internationalism and decolonization, 1945–1975; 8. Supranational conceptions - continental confederations, 1975–2000; Conclusion: postnational visions - imagined federalisms.