Designing the nation. Banknotes, banal nationalism and alternative conceptions of the state

Political Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 429-440

  Penrose, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banal nationalism; Banknotes; Concept of state; Representation; Scotland; State effects

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ICONOGRAPHY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONAL POLITICS; NATIONALISM; STATE BUILDING; STATE ROLE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053265018     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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