Papers from the Conference 'The Fragile Tradition', Cambridge 2002: German literature, history and the nationP. Lang, 2004 - Europe, German-speaking |
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... Europe as a whole . That also ensured the survival of the hundreds of small German territories , of which most would have been incapable of survival as independent units in the competitive world of the European powers . As a ...
... Europe as a whole . That also ensured the survival of the hundreds of small German territories , of which most would have been incapable of survival as independent units in the competitive world of the European powers . As a ...
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... Europe ; their history cannot simply be subsumed into European history . Like other parts of Europe , both West and East , they have their own national or ethnic history ; and European history , like the European present ( and future ) ...
... Europe ; their history cannot simply be subsumed into European history . Like other parts of Europe , both West and East , they have their own national or ethnic history ; and European history , like the European present ( and future ) ...
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... Europe had of course changed drastically since 1770 : America had provided Europe with the example of a successful attempt at establishing a new independent nation state . The subsequent experience of the French Revolution and the ...
... Europe had of course changed drastically since 1770 : America had provided Europe with the example of a successful attempt at establishing a new independent nation state . The subsequent experience of the French Revolution and the ...
Contents
List of illustrations | 8 |
Simon Ward | 13 |
Imagined Communities | 15 |
Copyright | |
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