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[Review Of] Edward A. Tiryakian And Ronald Rogowski, Eds. New Nationalisms Of The Developed West: Toward Explanation, Mary A. Ludwig
[Review Of] Edward A. Tiryakian And Ronald Rogowski, Eds. New Nationalisms Of The Developed West: Toward Explanation, Mary A. Ludwig
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Tiryakian and Rogowski have edited a strong and useful collection of nine theoretical and seven comparative articles on nationalism in advanced industrial societies in the West. What is new in the presentations in this work is the systematic comparison of a number of nationalist movements that have been treated hitherto as separate cases. The writers are focusing on nationalism in advanced capitalist economies rather than in developing nations or socialist industrial states, so examples are drawn from Quebec and Western Europe. A great strength of the collection lies in the richness of the analysis produced by contributors drawn from a …
[Review Of] V. Lynn Tyler, Ed. Culturgrams: The Nations Around Us; Vol. 1, North And South America, Western And Eastern Europe, Rebecca Roach
[Review Of] V. Lynn Tyler, Ed. Culturgrams: The Nations Around Us; Vol. 1, North And South America, Western And Eastern Europe, Rebecca Roach
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Ten years ago Brigham Young University conceived of and began to produce "Culturgrams." "Culturgrams" appeared singly as four page cultural summaries of nearly eighty different countries. A "Culturgram" on a country is "a briefing to aid understanding of, feeling for, and communication with other people." A "Culturgram" begins with an enlarged map of the country addressed, noting major cities and with a key in kilometres and miles. To the side of the large map is a smaller map placing the addressed country in relation to surrounding countries on its continent. The " Culturgram" then presents in narrative style some combination …