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The Nation, Europe, and the World - Textbooks and Curricula in Transition (Paperback, New)
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The Nation, Europe, and the World - Textbooks and Curricula in Transition (Paperback, New)
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"The fascinating analyses bring out how the importance and the
shape of the others in narratives of the nation vary in the unequal
structure of the world and the geopolitics of knowledge production
. . . the diversity of the essays makes for immensely engaging
reading." . American Journal of Sociology Textbooks in history,
geography and the social sciences provide important insights into
the ways in which nation-states project themselves. Based on case
studies of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Turkey
Bulgaria, Russia, and the United States, this volume shows the role
that concepts of space and time play in the narration of 'our
country' and the wider world in which it is located. It explores
ways in which in western European countries the nation is
reinterpreted through European lenses to replace national
approaches in the writing of history. On the other hand, in an
effort to overcome Eurocentric views, 'world history' has gained
prominence in the United States. Yet again, East European
countries, coming recently out of a transnational political union,
have their own issues with the concept of nation to contend with.
These recent developments in the field of textbooks and curricula
open up new and fascinating perspectives on the changing patterns
of the re-positioning process of nation-states in West as well as
Eastern Europe and the United States in an age of growing
importance of transnational organizations and globalization. Hanna
Schissler teaches modern German history at the University of
Hanover and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Georg Eckert
Institute for International Textbook Research in Braunschweig.
Yasemin Nuhoglu Soysal teaches sociology at the University of Essex
and is the current president of the European Sociology Association.
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