TY  - GEN
AB  - This book challenges existing accounts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in which political developments are explained in terms of the rise of the nation-state. While monarchies are often portrayed as old-fashioned – as things of the past – we argue that modern monarchies have been at the centre of nation-construction in many parts of the world. Today, roughly a quarter of states define themselves as monarchies as well as nation-states – they are Royal Nations. This is a global phenomenon. This volume interrogates the relationship between royals and ‘their’ nations with transnational case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe as well as South America. The fifteen contributors discuss concepts and structures, visual and performative representations, and memory cultures of modern monarchies in relation to rising nationalist movements. This book thereby analyses the worldwide significance of the Royal Nation.
AU  - Banerjee, Milinda,
AU  - Backerra, Charlotte,
AU  - Sarti, Cathleen,
CN  - JC375
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-50523-7
DO  - doi
ID  - 807135
KW  - Monarchy
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Nationalism
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-50523-7
N2  - This book challenges existing accounts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in which political developments are explained in terms of the rise of the nation-state. While monarchies are often portrayed as old-fashioned – as things of the past – we argue that modern monarchies have been at the centre of nation-construction in many parts of the world. Today, roughly a quarter of states define themselves as monarchies as well as nation-states – they are Royal Nations. This is a global phenomenon. This volume interrogates the relationship between royals and ‘their’ nations with transnational case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe as well as South America. The fifteen contributors discuss concepts and structures, visual and performative representations, and memory cultures of modern monarchies in relation to rising nationalist movements. This book thereby analyses the worldwide significance of the Royal Nation.
SN  - 9783319505237
SN  - 3319505238
T1  - Transnational histories of the 'royal nation' /
TI  - Transnational histories of the 'royal nation' /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-50523-7
ER  -