NO CLASS: Martin Luther King Day

Nations, States, and Empires, c. 1815-1850

Background Reading
Merriman, History of Modern Europe, vol. 2, on the Congress of Vienna and "Restoration" Europe (pp. 598-606) and on nationalist uprisings, (pp. 654-661).

Discussion: 21-22 Jan., Hopes and Fears: Present, Past, Future
As you read the following texts, keep these questions in mind.
Adam Mickiewicz, “Books of the Polish Nation” (1832), selections.

Prince Klemens von Metternich, "Political Confession of Faith" (1820), selections.

Heinrich von Gagern, letter to his father about German students (1818).

Further Reading
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (1983; 1991; 2006).

John Breuilly, Nationalism and the State (1982; 1993).

Rogers Brubaker,Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany (1992).

Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism (1983; 2006).

Liah Greenfeld, Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity (1993).

Anthony D. Smith, Nationalism: Theory, Ideology, History (2001).

Adam Zamoyski, Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots, and Revolutionaries, 1776-1871 (2000).