Nationalism and the Reshaping of Urban Communities in Europe, 1848–1914

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
The Municipal and the National in the Bohemian Lands, 1848–1914....Pages 17-46
Venice 1848–1915: The Venetian Sense of the Past and the Creation of the Italian Nation....Pages 47-73
Interpreting Municipal Celebrations of Nation and Empire: The Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888....Pages 74-109
An Urban Civilization: The Case of Municipal Autonomy in Belgian History 1830–1914....Pages 110-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Nationalism and the Defence Town: The Case of Karlskrona, Sweden....Pages 133-155
Negotiating for Garrisons in France at the Beginning of the Third Republic....Pages 156-181
Wither the Local? Nationalization, Modernization, and the Mobilization of Urban Communities in England and France, c. 1900–18....Pages 182-203
Building the Nation in the Town: Architecture and Identity in Britain....Pages 204-233
The Nation is a Town: The Netherlands and the Urban Content of the National ‘Imagined Community’....Pages 234-256
Urban Economies and the National Imagination: The German South, 1860–1914....Pages 257-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Concluding Remarks and Observations....Pages 289-301
Back Matter....Pages 302-324