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Historism and Cultural Identity in the Rhine-Meuse Region: Tensions Between Nationalism and Regionalism in the Nineteenth Century

Wolfgang Cortjaens

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KADOC Artes 10Based on the cultural insight that "historism"--understood as the projection of the past into the present by artistic means, or the "invention of tradition"--always occurs in close connection with the emergence of nation-states, this volume describes for the first time the cultural and denominational character and development of the Maas-Rhine region during the period between the French Revolution and World War I. Seventeen contributors shed light on the cultural identity of this Catholic-dominated core region of Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Release: December 01, 2008

ISBN: 9058676668

ISBN 13: 9789058676665

Historism and Cultural Identity in the Rhine-Meuse Region: Tensions Between Nationalism and Regionalism in the Nineteenth Century

Wolfgang Cortjaens

0/5 ( ratings)

KADOC Artes 10Based on the cultural insight that "historism"--understood as the projection of the past into the present by artistic means, or the "invention of tradition"--always occurs in close connection with the emergence of nation-states, this volume describes for the first time the cultural and denominational character and development of the Maas-Rhine region during the period between the French Revolution and World War I. Seventeen contributors shed light on the cultural identity of this Catholic-dominated core region of Europe.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Release: December 01, 2008

ISBN: 9058676668

ISBN 13: 9789058676665

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