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

1. Introduction
William Whyte, Oliver Zimmer

Section I. Contested Territory

2. The Municipal and the National in the Bohemian Lands, 1848–1914
Jeremy King

3. Venice 1848–1915: The Venetian Sense of the Past and the Creation of the Italian Nation
David Laven

4. Interpreting Municipal Celebrations of Nation and Empire: The Barcelona Universal Exhibition of 1888
Stephen Jacobson

5. An Urban Civilization: The Case of Municipal Autonomy in Belgian History 1830–1914
Maarten Ginderachter

Section II. Towns and the Nation-State

6. Nationalism and the Defence Town: The Case of Karlskrona, Sweden
Mary Hilson

7. Negotiating for Garrisons in France at the Beginning of the Third Republic
Jean-François Chanet

8. Wither the Local? Nationalization, Modernization, and the Mobilization of Urban Communities in England and France, c. 1900–18
Pierre Purseigle

9. Building the Nation in the Town: Architecture and Identity in Britain
William Whyte

10. The Nation is a Town: The Netherlands and the Urban Content of the National ‘Imagined Community’
Henk Velde

11. Urban Economies and the National Imagination: The German South, 1860–1914
Oliver Zimmer

Section III. Conclusion

12. Concluding Remarks and Observations
John Breuilly

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political History, Social History, European History, Modern History, History of France, Demography