... linguistic Austrian Empire or were small independent monarchical states or even both. This change in the European map is due to the concept of nationalism which emerged from the French revolution in 1789, to become the most successful political force of the nineteenth century. Events like the Napoleonic wars, the improvement of communications, the revival of languages and social ... Italian national question, because they brought transitory reforms, which could not establish themselves due to the deep-rooted problems it had. The revolutions of 1848 showed that like any other revolution, ...

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... militant nationalism which caused the Great War. Another major cause of the First World War was the rivalry over colonies and the search for economic dominance. [Professor Gerhard Rempel, Industrial revolution lecture]. Throughout the ninetieth century most of the countries of Europe had been industrialised, though with different levels of success. According to history journalist Christopher Newman, "Britain's success in ... war" was the defeat of France by the Prussian lead German states on January 28th, 1871. Both nations desired the province of Alsace-Lorraine which Germany gained, tho...

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... that the political and the national unit should be congruent."# In terms of citizenship, Gellner believes that citizenship rights were launched by the French Revolution, and that the unpleasant and degrading conditions of the proletariat brought about by the Industrial Revolution provided both opportunity and a motive for a growth of political consciousness, exemplified by the formation of organizations such as trade unions. Gellner emphasises ... "foreigner" as somebody who could not communicate with them and was thus isolated from their culture. In France, for example, translations we...

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