This book was originally published in French as Anne-Marie Thiesse, La création des identités nationales Europe XVIIIe–XXe siècle, © Editions du Seuil, 1999 and 2001.
This English version is based on the translation by Brian McNeil.
The publication was supported by Translitteræ (Ecole universitaire de recherche, program “Investissements d’avenir” ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL and ANR-17-EURE-0025).
Cover illustration: John Bull and His Friends. A Serio-Comic Map of Europe, 1900, British Library. Available in public Domain.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Thiesse, Anne-Marie, author. | McNeil, Brian, translator.
Title: The creation of national identities : Europe, 18th-20th centuries / by Anne-Marie Thiesse ; translated by Brian McNeil.
Other titles: Création des identités nationales. English
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: National cultivation of culture, 1876-5645 ; volume 26 | This book was originally published in French, Anne-Marie Thiesse, La création des identités nationales Europe XVIIIe-XXe siècle, ©Editions du Seuil, 1999 et 2001. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021041476 | ISBN 9789004366701 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004498839 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Nationalism–Europe–History. | Group identity–Europe–History. | Politics and culture–Europe–History. | Popular culture–Europe–History.
Classification: LCC D309 .T4513 2022 | DDC 320.5409409/03–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021041476
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ISSN 1876-5645
ISBN 978-90-04-36670-1 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-49883-9 (e-book)
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