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Nationalizing the Past

Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe
By:S. Berger
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230237926
eText ISBN:9780230292505
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories.