Source for photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima
Smith, Bonnie G., Richard Von Glahn, and Kris E. Lane. Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012. Print.
Friday, March 7, 2014
What is the basis of national identity and nationalism?
Soon after the revolutions in the Americas and France, nationalism and national identity became prominent in these nations. Nationalism, a belief in the importance of one's nation, stemmed from the recent victories of the revolutionaries, and their newfound rights. Pride of their own unique laws, traditions, language, and history, were the basis of each country's national identity, the qualities that defined them as a nation. National identity also proved a uniting factor among peoples and helped cement them together to overcome future obstacles.
Smith, Bonnie G., Richard Von Glahn, and Kris E. Lane. Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012. Print.
Smith, Bonnie G., Richard Von Glahn, and Kris E. Lane. Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012. Print.
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