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Teaching the Origins of Nationalism

Discussion of how we can teach the global origins of nationalism

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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Teaching the Origins of Nationalism
From page 100 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description
From page 100 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description

I’ve been reading Eric Storm’s recently published Nationalism: A World History, and it’s got me thinking about how I teach nationalism. I’m guessing it’s similar to many history teachers. I would mention something about Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities and then focus on the development of nationalism during the Atlantic Revolutions. African and Asian nationalism usually didn’t come up until teaching imperialism. Storm’s book has challenged me to rethink this approach.

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