The Rise of the Nation-State in Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of the Nation-State in Europe write by Jack L. Schwartzwald. This book was released on 2017-10-11. The Rise of the Nation-State in Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia marked the emergence of the nation-state as the dominant political entity in Europe. This book traces the development of the nation-state from its infancy as a virtual dynastic possession, through its incarnation as the embodiment of the sovereign popular will. Three sections chronicle the critical epochs of this transformation, beginning with the belief in the "divine right" of monarchical rule and ending with the concept that the people, not their leaders, are the heart of a nation--an enduring political ideal that remains the basis of the modern nation-state.
War and the Rise of the State
War and the Rise of the State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War and the Rise of the State write by Bruce D. Porter. This book was released on 2002-02-01. War and the Rise of the State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. States make war, but war also makes states. As Publishers Weekly notes, “Porter, a political scientist at Brigham Young University, demonstrates that wars have been catalysts for increasing the size and power of Western governments since the Renaissance. The state’s monopoly of effective violence has diminished not only individual rights and liberties, but also the ability of local communities and private associates to challenge the centralization of authority. Porter’s originality lies in his thesis that war, breaking down barriers of class, gender, ethnicity, and ideology, also contributes to meritocracy, mobility, and, above all, democratization. Porter also posits the emergence of the “Scientific Warfare State,” a political system in which advanced technology would render obsolete mass participation in war. This provocative study merits wide circulation and serious discussion.”
The Rise of the Nation State
The Rise of the Nation State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of the Nation State write by Raymond Pearson Staff. This book was released on 2004-06-01. The Rise of the Nation State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Nation, Europe, and the World
The Nation, Europe, and the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Nation, Europe, and the World write by Hanna Schissler. This book was released on 2005. The Nation, Europe, and the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Textbooks in history, geography and the social sciences provide important insights into the ways in which nation-states project themselves. Based on case studies of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Turkey Bulgaria, Russia, and the United States, this volume shows the role that concepts of space and time play in the narration of 'our country' and the wider world in which it is located. It explores ways in which in western European countries the nation is reinterpreted through European lenses to replace national approaches in the writing of history. On the other hand, in an effort to overcome Eurocentric views,'world history' has gained prominence in the United States. Yet again, East European countries, coming recently out of a transnational political union, have their own issues with the concept of nation to contend with. These recent developments in the field of textbooks and curricula open up new and fascinating perspectives on the changing patterns of the re-positioning process of nation-states in West as well as Eastern Europe and the United States in an age of growing importance of transnational organizations and globalization.
Blood and Debt
Blood and Debt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blood and Debt write by Miguel Angel Centeno. This book was released on 2015-08-26. Blood and Debt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What role does war play in political development? Our understanding of the rise of the nation-state is based heavily on the Western European experience of war. Challenging the dominance of this model, Blood and Debt looks at Latin America's much different experience as more relevant to politics today in regions as varied as the Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa. The book's illuminating review of the relatively peaceful history of Latin America from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries reveals the lack of two critical prerequisites needed for war: a political and military culture oriented toward international violence, and the state institutional capacity to carry it out. Using innovative new data such as tax receipts, naming of streets and public monuments, and conscription records, the author carefully examines how war affected the fiscal development of the state, the creation of national identity, and claims to citizenship. Rather than building nation-states and fostering democratic citizenship, he shows, war in Latin America destroyed institutions, confirmed internal divisions, and killed many without purpose or glory.
