Nationhood at Work : : An Ethnography of Workplaces in Montreal and Brussels / / Dave Poitras.

How are nations (continued to be) made? In this important contribution to nationalism studies, Dave Poitras explores how nationhood and the idea of living in a world of nations are experienced in the cities of Montreal and Brussels. Drawing on ethnographic research, he identifies three typical ways...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2018 Part 2
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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2019]
©2018
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Kulturen der Gesellschaft ; 35
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Physical Description:1 online resource (234 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • Preface
  • Section 1. Five Work Tasks and Three Modes of Operating Nationhood
  • Chapter 1. Building Nations as a Profession: The Work Task Dynamic Operating upon Nationhood
  • Chapter 2. Elaborating National Constructs as Strategies: The Work Task Dynamic Operating with Nationhood
  • Chapter 3. The Power of States and Routines: The Work Task Dynamic Operated by Nationhood
  • Section 2. The Unquestionability of a World Divided into Nations
  • Chapter 4. Doing Nationhood and Making Nations: The Everyday Significance of Living in a World of Nations
  • Chapter 5. Lived Nationhood in Montreal and Brussels: A Model Particular to Bi-Ethnonational Milieus
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography