Geography and National Identity - Couverture souple

 
9780631189367: Geography and National Identity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 063118936X ISBN 13 : 9780631189367
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 1994

Synopsis

This volume of especially commissioned essays explores the geography of, and the role of geography in, national and proto-national identity.
Place and national identity are bound together. Attachment to the one is almost always inseparable from the sense of the other. Yet, as this volume shows, the articulated self-conscious linking of place and identity is by and large a modern phenomenon that took root in nineteenth-century Europe. The formation of supranational states and the much vaunted globalization of culture led many to believe there would be a progressive dilution of national identities and a growing agglomeration of places and nations into larger state units. Precisely the reverse has taken place.
This book explores the connections between identity and homeland, showing how a place may be perceived as archetypal, endowed with love and celebrated in music and poetry, yet be a pretext for violence and war. It examines the evolution of ideas about identity and their manifestations in a wide variety of settings, from the former Soviet Union to the island states of the South Pacific.

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À propos de l?auteur

David Hooson is the author of Geography and National Identity, published by Wiley.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
063118936X
ISBN 13 
9780631189367
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
406
Éditeur
Hooson David
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Personne responsable
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