Table of Contents

Stephen Barbour: Chapter 1: Introduction: Nationalism, Language, Europe
Stephen Barbour: Chapter 2: Britain and Ireland: The Varying Significance of Language for Nationalism
Anne Judge: Chapter 3: France: 'One State, One Nation, One Language?'
Clare Mar-Molinero: Chapter 4: The Iberian Peninsula: Conflicting Linguistic Nationalisms
Lars S. Vikør: Chapter 5: Northern Europe: Languages as Prime Markers of Ethnic and National Identity
Robert B. Howell: Chapter 6: The Low Countries: A Study in Sharply Contrasting Nationalisms
Stephen Barbour: Chapter 7: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg: The Total Coincidence of Nations and Speech Communities?
Carlo Ruzza: Chapter 8: Language and Nationalism in Italy: Language as a Weak Marker of Identity
Barbara Törnquist-Plewa: Chapter 9: Contrasting Ethnic Nationalisms: Eastern Central Europe
Cathie Carmichael: Chapter 10: 'A People Exists and that People has its Language': Language and Nationalism in the Balkans
Peter Trudgill: Chapter 11: Greece and European Turkey: From Religious to Linguistic Identity
Cathie Carmichael: Chapter 12: Coming to Terms with the Past: Language and Nationalism in Russia and its neighbours
Cathie Carmichael: Chapter 13: Conclusions: Language and National Identity in Europe
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Reviews

... excellent ... can be recommended as a reference book and a textbook especially for post-graduate studies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies The papers in this collection provide a detailed and comprehensive account of the different roles language(s) has played in nation-building in Europe. All of the papers are based on the contributors' own research in different parts of Europe, which adds a fresh perspective to the presentations ... Language and Nationalism in Europe is an exceptional collection of essays which should become essential reading for anyone interested in exploring the different roles language has played in the rise of nation-states in Europe. Language Remarkable ... Each chapter is full of fascinating sociolinguistic and historical facts but together the volume provides a wide-ranging set of approaches to language and nationalism ... Barbour, Carmichael, and their colleagues have given a wide interdisciplinary readership a very interesting, informative, and readable volume. Language Policy Providing a useful introduction to how the linguistic map of Europe has altered over two millennia. Nations and Nationalism This book gives an insight into why, historically, it has been so difficult to maintain a particular language and how some have even come to constitute a barrier to communication. Times Higher Education Supplement The book is accessible to varied audiences: linguists, historians, social and political scientists, anthropologists and any lay person with a general interest in the topic. Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans The whole field of studies of nationalism is already rich in analyses, but they have tended to indicate the existence of this relationship without deeper investigation. This timely volume admirably fills that gap. Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans A highly readable and insightful collection. Political Studies. 01/03/2002 Excellently edited and printed and certainly [a] valuable addition to the libraries of all those who are fascinated by one of the most exciting topics in modern linguistics. Sociolinguistica