Towards Modern Nationhood

Wales and Slovenia in Comparison, c. 1750-1918

Robin Okey

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University of Wales Press
02 May 2023

General & world history; Comparative politics

A comparative history of nineteenth-century nationalist movements in Wales and Slovenia.

Towards Modern Nationhood is a comparative history of nineteenth-century national movements in two stateless countries, Wales and Slovenia. While these movements are often contrasted, Robin Okey reveals the shared strategies behind both western and eastern European nationalists. In both cases, activists organized around local identities that were legible to their occupiers. The Habsburg Empire respected multilingualism, so Slovenians mobilized behind their language. The British Empire respected religious pluralism, so the Welsh mobilized behind nonconformity. Ultimately, the stories of these two national movements make plain the surprising efficacy of “soft power” in the form of local traditions, languages, and religion.

By: Robin Okey
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 24mm
ISBN: 9781786839312
ISBN 10: 1786839318
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 02 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Preface Chapter 1 – Wales and the Slovene Lands: The Background Chapter 2 – Awakenings, c. 1750-1815 Chapter 3 – Towards a Turning Point, Wales and Slovenia c. 1815-1847 Chapter 4 – The Parting of the Ways:1847-48 Chapter 5 – The Picture Takes Shape, 1848-c. 1880 Chapter 6 – The National Movements Mature: Success and Shortfall Chapter 7 – Culture, Consciousness and Challenge, 1880-1914 Chapter 8 – New Directions and Denoument Conclusion

The readership of this book will be those interested in the history of either Wales or Slovenia, particularly those of Welsh background. It will be of interest to British people interested in the Welsh aspect of the current open-ended state of British politics and the 'four nations' angle, and also scholars interested in nationality questions.

Reviews for Towards Modern Nationhood: Wales and Slovenia in Comparison, c. 1750-1918

"""An astonishing book that argues, despite much noise to the contrary, that Wales was, is and will be a nation. However, the way it became a nation differed from the continental European model, and by comparing Wales with Slovenia, Robin Okey shows that while nationalism is a singular noun it is indeed a plural experience.""-- ""Dr Simon Brooks, Swansea University"" ""This is a brilliantly original analysis of the formation of the modern Welsh nation during the long nineteenth century. Okey presents this process in a sustained comparison with another small ethnic group, the Slovenes, and vindicates that choice by illumination of a series of similarities based on his intimate acquaintance with the history of that South Slav people. There are differences too - above all the Welsh national project, expressed through religious Nonconformity and political Liberalism as the willing associate of a hegemonic and officially monoglot Great Britain, contrasting with the Slovene equivalent which maneuvered within the troubled multilingual polity of the Habsburgs. Enhanced by Okey's jargon-free style, this book is equally revealing in its unusual perspective on the two incongruent empires, British and Austrian, within which his story unfolds."" -- ""Emeritus Regius Professor Robert Evans, University of Oxford"""