Private Property and the Origins of Nationalism in the United States and Norway

The Making of Propertied Communities

AvEirik Magnus Fuglestad

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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In the eighteenth century, before a national political movement took hold in either the United States or Norway, both countries were agrarian societies marked by widespread private land ownership.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-06-15
Mått:148 x 210 x 26 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:223
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319899497

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Eirik Magnus Fuglestad completed his PhD at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is currently employed at Ruralis – Institute for Rural and Regional Research, Norway.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: A property rights perspective in the study of nationalism.- I. Agrarian Moment: Land and Freedom.- 2. America: "Destined to let freedom grow".- 3. Norway: "A free constitution... was centuries in the making".- II. Industrial Moment: Land to Labour.- 4. The industrial moment in America: "Irrepressible conflict".- 5. The industrial transformation in Norway: The will of the people.- III. Conclusions.- 6. The nation as propertied community.