Spencer, Philip, and Howard Wollman, eds. Nations and Nationalism: A Reader.(Book review)

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Spencer, Philip, and Howard Wollman, eds. Nations and Nationalism: A Reader New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 364 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-8135-3626-X Publication Date: May 2005

As the Cold War drew to a close in the early 1990s and globalization took center stage in world politics, many scholars assumed that nationalism--inarguably one of the most powerful political forces of the modern era--would soon be consigned to the dustbin of history. The almost immediate outbreak of nationalist conflicts in the Balkans, however, demonstrated that reports of nationalism's death ...

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