{"product_id":"9781405134422","title":"Nations and Nationalism","description":"\u003ch3\u003eNew Perspectives on the Past\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eNations and Nationalism\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eErnest Gellner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Political Ideologies \/ Nationalism \u0026amp; Patriotism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis updated edition of Ernest Gellner’s classic exploration of the roots of nationalism includes an extended introduction from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has changed over the past two decades. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eAs pertinent today as it was when it was first published in 1983.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that nationalism is a product of industrialization.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe new edition includes references to important work on nationalism published since 1983.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond Edition not available in the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eErnest Gellner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris in 1925 and brought up in Prague, fleeing with his family to England in 1939. He taught at the LSE from 1949, where he was Professor of Philosophy with special reference to Sociology from 1962 until 1984, when he became William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. At the end of his life, in 1995, he was Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism, part of the Central European University, in Prague. He wrote many books, among them \u003ci\u003eWords and Things\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eThought and Change\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eSaints of the Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eLegitimation of Belief\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), \u003ci\u003eThe Psychoanalytic Movement\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003ePlough, Sword and Book: The Structure of Human History\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eConditions of Liberty: Civil Society and its Rivals\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and the posthumous \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Solitude: Wittgenstein, Malinowski and the Habsburg Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e (1998).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Breuilly\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. He taught at Manchester University from 1972 until 1995 and at Birmingham University from 1995 until 2004. He has held visiting Professorships at the universities of Hamburg (1987-8) and Bielefeld (1992-3) and a Research Fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin (2001-2). Book publications include \u003ci\u003eAustria, Prussia and Germany 1806-1871\u003c\/i\u003e (2002)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNationalismus und\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003emoderner Staat. Deutschland und\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEuropa\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Formation of the First German Nation-State, 1800-1871\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and \u003ci\u003eNationalism and the State\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd.ed., 1993)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 May 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405134422\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45985760444556,"sku":"9781405134422","price":35.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405134422.jpg?v=1780109967","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405134422","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}