Inventing Europe

A critical analysis of the idea of Europe and the limits and possibilities of a European identity in the broader perspective of history. This book argues that t

'Independence in Europe', adopted by the Scottish National Party (SNP) as its core policy in 1988, has become part and parcel of contemporary Scottish nationali

This book deals with the simultaneous making of Portuguese engineers and the Portuguese nation-state from the mid seventeenth century to the late twentieth cent

European identity is as much a problem as an opportunity. Although it is impossible to provide an all-encompassing definition of what it means to be European, h

Europe and the British Geographical Imagination, 1760-1830 explores what literate British people understood by the word 'Europe' in the late eighteenth and earl

In contemporary history, a much-debated issue has been whether European nations have a common identity and what relevance the European Union has for a shared de

The imperatives surrounding museum representations of place have shifted from the late eighteenth century to today. The political significance of place itself h

The book explores the promotion of Europeanness, which aims to arouse feelings of belonging to the European Union. It demonstrates that the promotion of Europea

Presenting a new historical narrative on European integration and identity this title examines how the concept of Europe has been entangled in a dynamic and dra