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Overview
How people construct their idea of home influences the types of nationalisms that emerge in various parts of the world. In this important new book, Ray Taras provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and study of nationalism. He describes what happens when home is defined as empire (Russia and India), secessionist state (KwaZulu and Quebec), uninational Volkstaat (Germany and Israel), or transnational community (Islam and anti-Americanism). Finally, he explores the idea that the mantra of multiculturalism has fuelled conflicts over what home is and generates divisions within and between communities.
Synopsis
To highlight differences between the various forms of nationalism, Ray (politics, Tulane U., New Orleans) presents four contrasting case studies each involving a particular understanding of home: nationalism and empire, multiple homes, uni-national home, and trans-national home. He concludes that imagining home can prove divisive and lead to national unrest, but proposes that disputes over what is home and who its titular residents are cannot be resolved by such formula as multiculturalism and civic nationalism. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR