Description: An interdisciplinary study of nationalism drawing on the events of the French Revolution.
Brief description: Chimène I. Keitner is an independent scholar who holds a PhD in International Relations from Oxford University.
Review Quotes:
"...historians will welcome Keitner's sustained analysis of the idea of the nation and be gratified to read a compelling case for the continued relevance of a much-debated historical subject." -- Law and History Review
"Keitner expertly blends narrative prose with pertinent (and bilingual) primary sources." -- NYU Journal of International Law and Politics
"...the core of her account proves clarifying and instructive." -- CHOICE
"Keitner has produced an interesting work, and shown much historical knowledge and a gift for conceptual analysis." -- Stanley Hoffmann, author of Gulliver Unbound: America's Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq
"This book is a good example of the use of history to illuminate issues in political theory, and of the contribution that a theoretical perspective can make to the understanding of history." -- Jeremy D. Popkin, author of Revolutionary News: The Press in France, 1789-1799