The rise of the nation-state across the world, 1816 to 2001

American Sociological Review

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 764-790

  Wimmer, Andreas ^a   Feinstein, Yuval ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion; historical institutionalism; nation state; nationalism

Indexed keywords

HEGEMONY; NATION STATE; NATIONALISM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL HISTORY; POWER RELATIONS; STATE BUILDING;

EID: 78149248142     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122410382639     Document Type: Article

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