A great deal has been written in recent years about nationalism. Yet scholars remain sharply divided as to a coherent theoretical model of this phenomenon and many have called for further empirical research. This volume pursues this line of inquiry, examining a variety of geographical contexts within the English-speaking world, including Australia, Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States at different historical periods. These interdisciplinary studies combine elements of socio ...
Table of contents; introduction; part i; teaching the nation; complicating ""white australia""; protest nationalisms in north america; an "un-western" nationalism; part ii; "a house divided against itself cannot stand"; the school of london as a missing piece in benjamin buchloh's theory of re-nationalization; arthurianism and national identity in england; the ghostly imprint of the nation; contributors.