1. Introduction: Nation and Nationalism 2. The French Revolution and the birth of Nationalism 3. State and Nation under Napoleon 4. The Nation denied: France 1815–48 5. Nation, Bonapartism and Socialism: France 1848–71 6. The Third Republic and the Nation 7. The Right and the Nation: 1870–1914 8. The Left and the Nation: 1870–1914 9. Perspectives and uses of Nationalism: 1980–40 10. Nationalism from Liberation to De Gaulle 11. The Swansong of the Nation State? 12. Conclusion
Biography
Brian Jenkins is a retired academic who was formerly Professor of French Area Studies at University of Portsmouth (1981–2001) and subsequently Senior Research Fellow in French Studies at University of Leeds (2001–9). His research interests include French history and politics, the theory and history of nationalism, and the French extreme Right between the wars.
