Western Civilization II / Unit 10 WC2 0908 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nationalism: The State Should Match a People
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The idea
Nationalism holds that the state should correspond to a people, and its movements began in earnest after the Napoleonic wars; nearly all eventually succeeded, Poland and Ireland after a century. The vexing question, the anchor says, is who defines the people.
In practice
Language, place, religion, ancestry: four answers, none agreed.
Where people slip
Success came late and by conservative hands: unit 11.
Your place on the trail
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