Constructing Class & Nationality

by David Allen Harvey

For more than a century, Alsace was the most contested region in western Europe, a battleground for ethnic and cultural identity in an era of rampant nationalism. Harvey's compelling analysis of working-class politics and nationality explains the successive attempts of French and German authorities to impose one national identity on the region and shows how workers responded by adopting a cultural policy that reflected their own political and class...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875802710
• ISBN13: 9780875802718
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher