Images of the Nation: Different Meanings of Dutchness 1870-1940Annemieke Galema, Barbara Henkes, Henk te Velde Rodopi, 1993 - 220 pages This collection of case studies investigates the significance and function of national identity. The authors see national consciousness in terms of the circumstances in which it arose, and in terms of the meaning which it had for a specific group or individual. Representations of the nation could serve to legitimize or support specific political or social agendas, or to provide people with a point of fixity amidst changing circumstances. The articles in this volume trace these aspects of national consciousness in the case of a single country: The Netherlands. |
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... groups . These representations were the stake in public debate ; for example , various groups could try to reserve the same ' image of the nation ' for themselves . These can be called the articulated representations or images of the ...
... groups . These representations were the stake in public debate ; for example , various groups could try to reserve the same ' image of the nation ' for themselves . These can be called the articulated representations or images of the ...
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... group . They are followed by a contribution on the discus- sion of a national stereotype and one on images of the nation in a border province . Then come two articles on the less articulated images of the nation held by different groups ...
... group . They are followed by a contribution on the discus- sion of a national stereotype and one on images of the nation in a border province . Then come two articles on the less articulated images of the nation held by different groups ...
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... group , geograph- ical region etc. Various groups and individuals identified with the nation in a wide variety of ways . In sharp contrast with the time- honoured essentialist approach , modern studies are often markedly anti ...
... group , geograph- ical region etc. Various groups and individuals identified with the nation in a wide variety of ways . In sharp contrast with the time- honoured essentialist approach , modern studies are often markedly anti ...
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... group . However , this battle about the Dutch past was always fought on the understanding that in a deeper sense this past was shared by all Dutchmen alike . The years around 1900 were a period of fierce and unal- loyed nationalism ...
... group . However , this battle about the Dutch past was always fought on the understanding that in a deeper sense this past was shared by all Dutchmen alike . The years around 1900 were a period of fierce and unal- loyed nationalism ...
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... group : the officer corps . Two aspects attract special notice : first , it was taken for granted that the Dutch had become a non - military nation , but it was assumed that the unsoldierly material could be transformed into efficient ...
... group : the officer corps . Two aspects attract special notice : first , it was taken for granted that the Dutch had become a non - military nation , but it was assumed that the unsoldierly material could be transformed into efficient ...
Contents
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Orthodox Protestantism Nationalism | 39 |
How High Did the Dutch Fly? Remarks | 59 |
Towards One Nation the Province | 81 |
Now I will write you something | 105 |
German Maids in Prosperous | 133 |
Towards a Cultural Theory of | 159 |
Notes on the contributors | 219 |
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