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Index
Cover
Title Page
About the Editor
Other Titles of Interest
Contents
Introduction: The histories of nations and the history of the world
Egypt: Pharaohs, kings and presidents
India: The civilization with no home-grown history
Iran: A long history and short-term society
Greece: A land caught between ancient glories and the modern world
China: History writing: linking the past and the future
Ireland: In the shadow of the fond abuser
Spain: Beyond the Black Legend
France: The history of the hexagon
Russia: Fractures in the fabric of culture
The Czech Republic: National history and the search for identity
Poland: Tragedy and heroism in the face of powerful neighbours
Hungary: The thousand-year realm
Turkey: The land with a lost empire
Brazil: The legacy of slavery and environmental suicide
Mexico: The land of the eagle, the cactus and the snake
The Netherlands: Facing the challenges of water
Sweden: From Viking community to welfare state
Great Britain: The confected nation state
The United States: The land that chose to be without history
Australia: A European nation in an ancient land
Ghana: From colony to continental leader
Finland: Carving an identity from struggle
Argentina: Between two centenaries
Canada: The loose-jointed polity
Italy: Catholicism, power, democracy and the failure of the past
Japan: From isolation to transgression
Germany: The many mutations of a belated nation
Israel: The Zionist experiment
Further Reading
Contributor Biographies
Editor’s Acknowledgments
Index
Copyright
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