{"product_id":"the-nation-in-history-by-anthony-d-smith-9780745625805","title":"The Nation in History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nation in History\u003c\/em\u003e by Anthony D. Smith is a thought-provoking new book in which the author analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and others, he argues that there are three key issues which have shaped debates in this field: first, the nature and origin of nations and nationalism; second, the antiquity or modernity of nations and nationalism; and third, the role of nations and nationalism in historical, and especially recent, social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Smith provides an incisive critique of the debate between modernists, perennialists and primordialists over the origins, development and contemporary significance of nations and nationalism. Drawing on a wide range of examples from antiquity and the medieval epoch, as well as the modern world, he develops a distinctive ethnosymbolic account of nations and nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis important book by one of the world's leading authorities on nationalism and ethnicity will be of particular interest to students and scholars in history, sociology and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48145171218668,"sku":"9780745625805","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745625805-the-nation-in-history.jpg?v=1786397380","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-nation-in-history-by-anthony-d-smith-9780745625805","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}