Book Review: Religion and the Rise of Nationalism - A Profile of an East-Central European City
Book Review: Religion and the Rise of Nationalism - A Profile of an East-Central European City

Summary/Abstract: "Religion and the Rise of Nationalism - A Profile of an East-Central European City" by Robert E. Alvis. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ. Press (www.SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu), 2005. xxvi + 227 pages. Index, bibliographies. ISBN 0-856-3081-6. Hardcover. "Over the past quarter century, there has been no lack of scholarly interest in the phenomenon of nationalism, and East-Central Europe has been widely viewed as a crucial region for understanding how nationalist programs have emerged and evolved. And yet there remain scandalously few detailed, Englishlanguage studies focusing on exactly how and why the idea of the nation mobilized specific populations and resonated in people’s daily lives. Robert Alvis’s book is a welcome contribution to overcoming this deficit.[...]"

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