{"product_id":"9780745680507","title":"The Nation in History: Historiographical Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and others, he argues that there are three key issues which have shaped debates in this field: first, the nature and origin of nations and nationalism; second, the antiquity or modernity of nations and nationalism; and third, the role of nations and nationalism in historical, and especially recent, social change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthony Smith provides an incisive critique of the debate between modernists, perennialists and primordialists over the origins, development and contemporary significance of nations and nationalism. Drawing on a wide range of examples from antiquity and the medieval epoch, as well as the modern world, he develops a distinctive ethnosymbolic account of nations and nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis important book by one of the world's leading authorities on nationalism and ethnicity will be of particular interest to students and scholars in history, sociology and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127370957040,"sku":"9780745680507","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780745680507_p0.jpg?v=1763636647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780745680507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}