HIST 1007 Chapter : Nationalism
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Historians refer to these nations as nation states. Nationalism: process that helped give identity to new nations. Culture is a system of means and signs. Industrial society is key: civic nationalism: rights and freedom was wanted. Shared culture based on choice: ethnic nationalism: argued on identity based on shared language and customs, define nation by what it was not, latin america: boulevard was a creole. He was spanish but born in the colonies. Captured peru, which gave them freedom: penisulares: spanish that were born in spain and sent to colonies. New nations formed based on geography: johann expressed romances to germany. Those who speak same language are joined together. Expression of humanity using reason to understand how society works. Producers seek to lower cost of production and increase their profit: based on wage labor. Weren"t working for a finished product but an hourly wage: class had a meaning: someone"s class came from how things were made.
