This anthology brings together selections from some of the most significant writings on the idea of national identity over the last 400 years and includes important contributions to contemporary debates in the social sciences and postcolonial studies.
About the Author
Vincent P. Pecora is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies at UCLA. His book publications include Self and Form in Modern Narrative (1989) and Households of the Soul (1997).
Features
Includes a broad range of essays covering four centuries and representing a wide range of political perspectives, including material on gender and the post-colonial perspective.
Presents an historical survey and introduction to the contemporary debate surrounding national identity.
Includes excerpts from the most important theorists of race in the nineteenth century: Gobineau, Chamberlain, and Du Bois plus rarely anthologized figures such as Montesquieu, Macpherson, Jones, Maistre, MartY, and Gandhi.
Includes a long introductory essay and substantive head notes that preface each selection.
