Download or read book Different Paths to the Nation written by Laurence Cole and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-02-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume analyse issues of national and regional identity during a key phase of nation-state formation in mid-nineteenth century Europe. By asking how contemporaries articulated regional and national identities, the book offers a fresh prospective on the process of nationalization in modern German, Austrian and Italian histories.