National symbols and ordinary people's response: London and Athens, 1850-1914

National Identities

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-41

  Bozos, Stavros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modernity; Nation state capital; National consciousness; National identity; Neoclassicism; Respectability; Traditionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642547440     PISSN: 14608944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460894042000201775     Document Type: Article

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