Nationalism and Territory(English, Paperback, White George W.)

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Nationalism and Territory(English, Paperback, White George W.) is written by White George W. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0847698092 (ISBN 10) and 9780847698097 (ISBN 13).

Why do nations come into conflict? What factors lead to the horrors of ethnic cleansing? This timely book offers clear-eyed answers to these questions by exploring how national identity is shaped by place, focusing especially on Serbia, Hungary, and Romania. Moving beyond studies of nationalism that consider only the economic and geostrategic value of territory, George White shows that the very core of national identity is intimately bound to specific places. Indeed, nations define themselves in terms of spaces that have historical, linguistic, and religious meaning, as Serbs have clearly demonstrated in Kosovo. These territories are concrete expressions of a nationOs identity, both past and present. With his detailed analysis of the places that define national identity in Southeastern Europe, White convincingly shows why territorial disputes so often escalate into war.