Unity and Diversity in European Culture c. 1800 Edited by Tim Blanning and Hagen Schulze Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2006, viii + 213 pp. Two of the most popular, innovative and controversial fields of historical study are cultural history and the history of nationalism. This volume brings these two areas together by addressing a central concern of recent research on the cultural history of Europe: the transition from the cosmopolitan culture of the Enlightenment to the self-consciously national cultures of the nineteenth century. Introduction, Tim Blanning & Hagen Schulze Art and its Publics, c. 1800, James Sheehan The Idea of National Opera around 1800, Silke Leopold The Invention of German Music, c. 1800, John Deathridge Playing with the Nation: Napoleon and the Culture of Nationalism, Peter Alter Cosmopolitanism, Patriotism, Nationalism, Siegfried Weichlein Art in a Cool Climate: The Cultural Policy of the British State in European Context, c. 1780- c. 1850, Peter Mandler The Invention of National Languages, Otto Dann The Debates about Universal History and National History around 1800: A Problem-oriented Historical Attempt, Hans-Erich Bödeker Views of the Past in Irish Vernacular Literature, 1650-1850, Vincent Morley This book can be bought directly from the publishers on-line.

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