This volume examines one of the central political questions of the modern world, the uneasy and often violent relationship between the forces of nationalism and democracy. This subject was one of lifelong interest to the late Professor Harry Hearder of University of Wales, Cardiff, to whom the book is dedicated. The focus is on the nation-states of western Europe during the period 1985-1970. Much of the content explores varieties of conflict and compromise between these two 'cultures,' which had in many aspects a contradictory dynamic, but which nevertheless shared some basic aspirations, and often contrived to coexist, both on the national and international level.
CONTENTS
Robert Stradling and Scott Newton, Introduction
Meirion Hughes, University of Wales, Cardiff, The Lucifer of Music: Rossini and German Music Nationalism
Nick Carter, de Montfort University, Leicester, Administering the Constitutional Pill: Britain and the Italian Nationality Question, 1850 -1861
Matthew Anderson, London School of Economics, Europe's Quest for International Peace, 1870-1914
Scott Newton,JosephChamberlain and Tariff Reform: British Radicalism, Modernization and Nationalism
Chris Williams, University of Wales, Cardiff, Welsh Nationalism and the Problem of Democracy, 1847 -1945
Robert Stradling History and the Triumph of Art: Manuel Azaña's Vision of Spanish Democracy
Paul Preston,London School of Economics, The Myths of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera
Eddie May, University of Leicester, 'Primitive Rebels' in Spain: Historians and the Anarchist Phenomenon
David Bates, University of Glasgow, Harry Hearder; An Appreciation.