Cover -- Contents -- Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- MAP 1: The European empires in 1870 -- MAP 2: The Habsburg Empire, 1867-1918 (political) -- MAP 3: Europe after the peace settlements of 1919 -- MAP 4: The German mastery of Europe, 1942 -- Introduction -- 1 Nations and Nationalism: Ancient or Modern? -- 2 Towards the Mass Nation: Nationalism, Commemoration and Regionalism -- 3 Boundaries of National Belonging: Nationalism and the Minorities Question -- 4 Homeland Nationalism Gone Wild: Nationalism and Fascism -- 5 Universalism Reconsidered: Nationalism and its Critics -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index.