The essays in this volume analyse issues of national and regional identity during a key phase of nation-state formation in mid-nineteenth century Europe. By asking how contemporaries articulated regional and national identities, the book offers a fresh prospective on the process of nationalization in modern German, Austrian and Italian histories.
Preface; G.E.Rusconi Introduction: Re-examining National Identity in Nineteenth-century Central Europe and Italy; L.Cole A Mission of Meditation: Dalmatia's Multi-National Regionalism form the 1830s - 1860s; D.Reill 'Unity Versus Fragmentation': The Politics of Region-Building and National Identities in Tyrol, 1830-1867; L.Cole & H.Heiss Trieste, 1830-70: from Cosmopolitanism to the Nation; A.Millo Voluntary Associations and the Building of Czech and German Nations in Nineteeth-Century Prague; C.Nolte German, Austrian or "Salzburgerisch"? National Identities in Salzburg c.1830-70; E.Hiebl Searching for a Role: Austrian Rule, National Perspectives and Memories of 'the Serenissima'in Venice (1848-66); E.Cecchinato The Construction of National Identities in the Northern Bohemian Borderland 1848-71; M.Cornwall Between the Federative Nation and the National State: Public Perceptions of the Foundation of the German Empire in Southern Germany and Austria; N.Buschmann Similar Paths, Different 'Nations'?: Ultramontanisation and the Old Catholic Movement in Upper Austria 1870-1; M.Vögler Symbolic Representations of the Nation: Baden, Bavaria, and Saxony c.1860-80; E.Fink Conclusions: Performative Effects and 'deep images' in the Discourse of National Identities; A.M.Banti
