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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2009
Print publication year:
2003
Online ISBN:
9780511496714
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496714
Subjects:
Social and Population History, Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
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Across nineteenth-century Europe, the emergence of constitutional and democratic nation-states was accompanied by intense conflict between Catholics and anticlerical forces. At its peak, this conflict touched virtually every sphere of social life: schools, universities, the press, marriage and gender relations, burial rites, associational culture, the control of public space, folk memory and the symbols of nationhood. In short, these conflicts were 'culture wars', in which the values and collective practices of modern life were at stake. These 'culture wars' have generally been seen as a chapter in the history of specific nation-states. Yet it has recently become increasingly clear that the Europe of the mid- and later nineteenth century should also be seen as a common politico-cultural space. This book breaks with the conventional approach by setting developments in specific states within an all-European and comparative context, offering a fresh and revealing perspective on one of modernity's formative conflicts.

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‘… succeed[s] in raising some fascinating questions about the religious history of Europe.’

Source: Church of England Newspaper

‘This collection makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of one of the nineteenth century’s most important developments.’

Source: Contemporary Review

'… fascinating reading … the indispensable work on a neglected subject.'

Source: Diocese of Brandon Review

' … an excellent teaching volume, more useful in many ways than some of the more narrowly focused texts of a particular national field.'

Source: Catholic Books Review

'… an excellent teaching volume …’.

Source: H-France Book Reviews

'The editors should be commended for assembling an impressively balanced collection … all contributors reach high standards of research and exposition.'

Source: History

'…the editors of Culture Wars are to be congratulated for having brought together so many illuminating cases in such a coherent fashion … Culture Wars is likely to become essential reading for advanced university courses on nineteenth-century European history.'

Source: Nations and Nationalism

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