Zhao Suisheng, A Nation-State by Construction. Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism

Unearthing the nation: modern geology and nationalism in Republican China.

Elites , Nationalism and Nation - States

Nationalism creates and recreates a sense of distinctive identity and autonomy based on the Enlightenment idea of human freedom that enables people to survive in a modern world in which unpredictable change has become the norm. While, in the medieval world, the feudal states invoked religion and cultural resources to make people servile, the modern state invokes identity in a language of servin...

Nation-Building, Nationalism, and Wars∗

This paper explores how the increase in army size observed in early modern times changed the way states conducted wars. Starting in the late 18th century, states switched from mercenaries to a mass army by conscription. We model the incentives of soldiers to exert effort in war and show that as army size increases paying mercenaries is no longer optimal. In order for the population to accept fi...

And so began the Irish Nation: Nationality, Nationalism and National Consciousness in Pre-Modern Ireland

The Two Epochs of Nation-Development: Is Black Nationalism a Form of Classical Nationalism?

The dramatic resurgence of Negro nationalism, its emergence as a viable, authentic trend is one of the most significant developments of the present day Negro freedom scene. With the appearance of the Black Muslims, its most articulate and best organized manifestation, Negro Nationalism, for the first time since the Garvey movement, has attained the significance of a major mass trend. It is havi...