Reimagining the nation state the contested terrains of nation-building - Mac Laughlin, Jim (London Pluto Press, 2001)
The naturalisation of nation-building in the nineteenth century -- English nation-building and seventeenth century Ireland -- "Political arithmetic" and the early origins of the ethnic minorities -- Theorising the nation -- Nationalising people, places, and historical records in nineteenth century Ireland -- Social and ethnic collectivities in nation-building Ireland -- Pressing home the nation -- Political pamphlets and provincial newspapers in Protestant Ulster -- The surveillance state and the imagined community -- Local politics and nation-building.
Keywords: National characteristics, Irish -- History -- 19th century; Nationalism -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century; Irish question; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 19th century