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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 320.54 EAN: 9780874172041 ISBN: 0874172047 Label: University of Nevada Press Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: March 01, 1993 Publisher: University of Nevada Press Studio: University of Nevada Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - National IdentityThis is a very good book which clarifies very well the complex phenomenon of nationalism and in particular national identity. What I find particularly fascinating in Smith's research and style is his quite unique position between what I find a bit too convenient the modernist approach which is too positivistic in my opinion, and on the other hand a nationalist position which is typically too naive. The item I got was in perfect condition. Very pleased. Rating:  - A compact, but still heavy workThe author has spent much of his academic career exploring the roots and issues involved with nationalism and its philosophical core "national identity". While the work is under 200 pages, it is by no means light reading. It is clearly aimed at the colligate level as a foundational text. The book is intellectually filling, but the author makes you earn it. The sweeping historical references and numerous analogies hit the mark, but require a good deal of background knowledge. ... Read More Rating: - Erudite, biased, drearyFirst let me give credit where credit is due; Smith is clearly a top-rate scholar and his knowledge of the subject matter is uncontested. That being said, I found this book to be incredibly dry and somewhat biased. Smith writes in an extremely methodical and academic style that makes for some tough reading. And while he doesn't show outright hostility towards his subject, he makes it clear that he sees nationalism as something of a hindrance to "human progress." Smith painstakingly scrutinizes ... Read More Rating: - best account of modern nationalism from SmithThis book contains many ideas propogated by Anthony Smith in many of his other books (i.e., _State and Nation in the Third World_, _The Ethnic Origin of Nations_, _Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era_) but combines them into one short volume. Smith first focuses on the ethnic past of nations while also pointing out the differences between ethnic groups and modern nations. He moves through a short history of ethnic groups and nations, asking the important question of whether ancient Egypt, Israel ... Read More Rating: - It is one of the best books about national identityI liked. Smith writes not only definitions on traditional concepts (like nationalism) but also introduces an interesting analysis about ethnonationalism. I do not agree in some coments (like his concept of "lateral ethnic communities"), but it is still a good book. Roberto Remes 
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