Author : Annemieke Galema
Release : 1993
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Images of the Nation by : Annemieke Galema
Download or read book Images of the Nation written by Annemieke Galema. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.