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Informationen zum Autor Dr Miroslav Hroch is Emeritus Professor of General History at Charles University! Prague! Czech Republic. Zusammenfassung A selection of articles with two themes such as: the process of nation formation during 19th century, especially in the case of 'smaller' European nations, and social and political aspects of the transition from a pre-modern, feudal and traditional society to a modern capitalist one and the uneven pace of this change in West and East of Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction. Part 1 National movements: The social composition of the Czech patriots in Bohemia 1827-1848; From ethnic group toward the modern nation: the Czech case; Zionism as a European national movement; De l'ethnicité à la nation: un chemin oublié vers la modernité; The social interpretation of linguistic demands in European national movements; Social and territorial characteristics in the composition of leading groups of national movements; Real and constructed: the nature of the nation; National minority movements and their aims. Part 2 Nationalism: How much does a nation depend on nationalism?; Nationalism and national movements: comparing the past and present of Central and Eastern Europe; An unwelcome national identity or what to do about 'nationalism' in post-Communist countries; Eugen Lemberg's 'nationalismustheorie'. Part 3 Historical Heritage: Historical belles-lettres as a vehicle of the image of national history; Historical heritage: continuity and discontinuity in the construction of national histories (with J Malecková); The Czech discourse on Europe! 1848-1948. Part 4 Social Change: Die rolle des Zentraleuropäischen Handels im Ausgleich der Handelsbilanz zwischen Ost- und Westeuropa 1550-1650; Die rezeption der Französischen Revolution als Indikator des Fortschritts?; Zur Typologie der europäischen Revolutionen. Einige Ãoberlegungen zur nicht bestehenden Diskussion; Criteria and indicators of uneven development; Index. ...
