Since its publication this important study has become established as a central work on the vast and contested subject of modern nationalism. Placing historical evidence within a general theoretical framework, John Breuilly argues that nationalism should be understood as a form of politics that arise[...]

This volume on the events leading to the unification of Germany in 1871 will add to an extremely strong cluster of "Seminar Studies" books on revolution, nationalism and state-creation in nineteenth century Europe.[...]