Cathie Carmichael is Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia. She has authored and edited several previous books including Language and Nationalism in Europe, co-edited with the late Stephen Barbour (2000) and Genocide before the Holocaust (2009). Matthew D'Auria is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The Shaping of French National Identity: Narrating the Nation's Past, 1715–1830 (2020). Aviel Roshwald is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. His publications include Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires: Central Europe, Russia and the Middle East, 1914–1923 (2001) and The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas (2006).

• Volume 1; Part I. The Politics of Ethnicity, Nationhood and Belonging in the Settings of Classical Civilizations: 1. Nationality and ethnicity in the ancient near east; 2. Nationhood: was there such a thing in antiquity?; 3. The holy Roman empire; 4. Ancient China; 5. Politicized ethnicity in pre-colonial Southeast Asia; 6. 'India' before the Raj: space and identity in south Asian history; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Paradigm Shifts and Turning Points in the Era of Globalization (1500 to the Present): 7. Colonial expansion and the making of nations: the Spanish case; 8. The reformation and national identity; 9. Europe's eighteenth century and the quest for the Nation's origins; 10. Empire, war and racial hierarchy in the making of the Atlantic revolutionary nations; 11. The rise of the Charismatic nation: Romantic and Risorgimento nationalism (Europe, 1800–1914); 12. Revolution and independence in Spanish America; 13. A tale of two cities: the American civil war; 14. The cycle of inevitability in imperial and republican identities in China; 15. Colonial subjects and the struggle for self-determination, 1880–1918; 16. The First World War; 17. Anticolonialism and Nationalism in the French empire; 18. Patriotism in the second world war: comparative perspectives on countries under axis occupation; 19. Decolonization and the cold war; 20. 1968: the death of nationalism?; Conclusion to Part II; Index; Volume 2; Part I. Imperial and Post-Colonial Settings: 1. Building nation-empires in the eighteenth-century Iberian Atlantic; 2. Nations and nationalisms in the late Ottoman empire; 3. The Dutch empire; 4. The Habsburg monarchy; 5. The British empire; 6. The French empire; 7. Germany as a 'Global nation':1840–1930; 8. The Russian and Soviet empire; 9. The Japanese empire; 10. American internationalism; 11. The Indian subcontinent: from Raj to partition; 12. Middle Eastern and North African nationalisms; 13. Sub-saharan Africa; 14. Bringing empires back in: the imperial origins of nations in Indochina; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Transnational and Religious Missions and Identities: 15. Liberalism and nationalism: trajectories of an entangled relationship; 16. Marxism and the national question; 17. The Catholic Church; 18. Islam and nationalism; 19. On Jewish nationhood and nationalism: a historical survey from antiquity to the establishment of the state of Israel; 20. Buddhism; Conclusion to Part II; Part III. Intersections: National (Ist) Synergies and Tensions With Other Social, Economic, Political and Cultural Categories, Identities and Practices: 21. Self-determination and national sovereignty; 22. Citizenship and nationhood: from antiquity to Gaia citizenship; 23. Religion and nationhood; 24. Nationalism and capitalism; 25. Economic nationalism in an imperial age, 1846–1946; 26. National identity and the idea of race in the dinaric region; 27. Nationalism, Ethnic cleansing and genocide: a view from below; 28. Warfare, nation-formation and the legitimacy of states: an ethno-symbolic perspective; 29. Nationalism, terrorism, and the state: historical perspectives; 30. Negotiating national identity through tourism in colonial South Asia and beyond; 31. Gendered nations and institutions; 32. Historiographies and commemorative practices; 33. Nation and literature; 34. Food ways and nationhood; 35. The dynamics of national music: opera and classical music in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; 36. Media and nationalism: Europe and the US, 1500–2000; Conclusion to Part III; Index.

Cathie Carmichael is Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia. She has authored and edited several previous books including Language and Nationalism in Europe, co-edited with the late Stephen Barbour (2000) and Genocide before the Holocaust (2009). Matthew D'Auria is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The Shaping of French National Identity: Narrating the Nation's Past, 1715–1830 (2020). Aviel Roshwald is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. His publications include Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires: Central Europe, Russia and the Middle East, 1914–1923 (2001) and The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas (2006).

• Volume 1; Part I. The Politics of Ethnicity, Nationhood and Belonging in the Settings of Classical Civilizations: 1. Nationality and ethnicity in the ancient near east; 2. Nationhood: was there such a thing in antiquity?; 3. The holy Roman empire; 4. Ancient China; 5. Politicized ethnicity in pre-colonial Southeast Asia; 6. 'India' before the Raj: space and identity in south Asian history; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Paradigm Shifts and Turning Points in the Era of Globalization (1500 to the Present): 7. Colonial expansion and the making of nations: the Spanish case; 8. The reformation and national identity; 9. Europe's eighteenth century and the quest for the Nation's origins; 10. Empire, war and racial hierarchy in the making of the Atlantic revolutionary nations; 11. The rise of the Charismatic nation: Romantic and Risorgimento nationalism (Europe, 1800–1914); 12. Revolution and independence in Spanish America; 13. A tale of two cities: the American civil war; 14. The cycle of inevitability in imperial and republican identities in China; 15. Colonial subjects and the struggle for self-determination, 1880–1918; 16. The First World War; 17. Anticolonialism and Nationalism in the French empire; 18. Patriotism in the second world war: comparative perspectives on countries under axis occupation; 19. Decolonization and the cold war; 20. 1968: the death of nationalism?; Conclusion to Part II; Index; Volume 2; Part I. Imperial and Post-Colonial Settings: 1. Building nation-empires in the eighteenth-century Iberian Atlantic; 2. Nations and nationalisms in the late Ottoman empire; 3. The Dutch empire; 4. The Habsburg monarchy; 5. The British empire; 6. The French empire; 7. Germany as a 'Global nation':1840–1930; 8. The Russian and Soviet empire; 9. The Japanese empire; 10. American internationalism; 11. The Indian subcontinent: from Raj to partition; 12. Middle Eastern and North African nationalisms; 13. Sub-saharan Africa; 14. Bringing empires back in: the imperial origins of nations in Indochina; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Transnational and Religious Missions and Identities: 15. Liberalism and nationalism: trajectories of an entangled relationship; 16. Marxism and the national question; 17. The Catholic Church; 18. Islam and nationalism; 19. On Jewish nationhood and nationalism: a historical survey from antiquity to the establishment of the state of Israel; 20. Buddhism; Conclusion to Part II; Part III. Intersections: National (Ist) Synergies and Tensions With Other Social, Economic, Political and Cultural Categories, Identities and Practices: 21. Self-determination and national sovereignty; 22. Citizenship and nationhood: from antiquity to Gaia citizenship; 23. Religion and nationhood; 24. Nationalism and capitalism; 25. Economic nationalism in an imperial age, 1846–1946; 26. National identity and the idea of race in the dinaric region; 27. Nationalism, Ethnic cleansing and genocide: a view from below; 28. Warfare, nation-formation and the legitimacy of states: an ethno-symbolic perspective; 29. Nationalism, terrorism, and the state: historical perspectives; 30. Negotiating national identity through tourism in colonial South Asia and beyond; 31. Gendered nations and institutions; 32. Historiographies and commemorative practices; 33. Nation and literature; 34. Food ways and nationhood; 35. The dynamics of national music: opera and classical music in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; 36. Media and nationalism: Europe and the US, 1500–2000; Conclusion to Part III; Index.

Cathie Carmichael is Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia. She has authored and edited several previous books including Language and Nationalism in Europe, co-edited with the late Stephen Barbour (2000) and Genocide before the Holocaust (2009). Matthew D'Auria is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The Shaping of French National Identity: Narrating the Nation's Past, 1715–1830 (2020). Aviel Roshwald is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. His publications include Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empires: Central Europe, Russia and the Middle East, 1914–1923 (2001) and The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas (2006).

• Volume 1; Part I. The Politics of Ethnicity, Nationhood and Belonging in the Settings of Classical Civilizations: 1. Nationality and ethnicity in the ancient near east; 2. Nationhood: was there such a thing in antiquity?; 3. The holy Roman empire; 4. Ancient China; 5. Politicized ethnicity in pre-colonial Southeast Asia; 6. 'India' before the Raj: space and identity in south Asian history; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Paradigm Shifts and Turning Points in the Era of Globalization (1500 to the Present): 7. Colonial expansion and the making of nations: the Spanish case; 8. The reformation and national identity; 9. Europe's eighteenth century and the quest for the Nation's origins; 10. Empire, war and racial hierarchy in the making of the Atlantic revolutionary nations; 11. The rise of the Charismatic nation: Romantic and Risorgimento nationalism (Europe, 1800–1914); 12. Revolution and independence in Spanish America; 13. A tale of two cities: the American civil war; 14. The cycle of inevitability in imperial and republican identities in China; 15. Colonial subjects and the struggle for self-determination, 1880–1918; 16. The First World War; 17. Anticolonialism and Nationalism in the French empire; 18. Patriotism in the second world war: comparative perspectives on countries under axis occupation; 19. Decolonization and the cold war; 20. 1968: the death of nationalism?; Conclusion to Part II; Index; Volume 2; Part I. Imperial and Post-Colonial Settings: 1. Building nation-empires in the eighteenth-century Iberian Atlantic; 2. Nations and nationalisms in the late Ottoman empire; 3. The Dutch empire; 4. The Habsburg monarchy; 5. The British empire; 6. The French empire; 7. Germany as a 'Global nation':1840–1930; 8. The Russian and Soviet empire; 9. The Japanese empire; 10. American internationalism; 11. The Indian subcontinent: from Raj to partition; 12. Middle Eastern and North African nationalisms; 13. Sub-saharan Africa; 14. Bringing empires back in: the imperial origins of nations in Indochina; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Transnational and Religious Missions and Identities: 15. Liberalism and nationalism: trajectories of an entangled relationship; 16. Marxism and the national question; 17. The Catholic Church; 18. Islam and nationalism; 19. On Jewish nationhood and nationalism: a historical survey from antiquity to the establishment of the state of Israel; 20. Buddhism; Conclusion to Part II; Part III. Intersections: National (Ist) Synergies and Tensions With Other Social, Economic, Political and Cultural Categories, Identities and Practices: 21. Self-determination and national sovereignty; 22. Citizenship and nationhood: from antiquity to Gaia citizenship; 23. Religion and nationhood; 24. Nationalism and capitalism; 25. Economic nationalism in an imperial age, 1846–1946; 26. National identity and the idea of race in the dinaric region; 27. Nationalism, Ethnic cleansing and genocide: a view from below; 28. Warfare, nation-formation and the legitimacy of states: an ethno-symbolic perspective; 29. Nationalism, terrorism, and the state: historical perspectives; 30. Negotiating national identity through tourism in colonial South Asia and beyond; 31. Gendered nations and institutions; 32. Historiographies and commemorative practices; 33. Nation and literature; 34. Food ways and nationhood; 35. The dynamics of national music: opera and classical music in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; 36. Media and nationalism: Europe and the US, 1500–2000; Conclusion to Part III; Index.