This updated edition of Ernest Gellner's classic exploration of the roots of nationalism includes an extended introduction from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has changed over the past two decades. * As pertinent today as it was when it was first published in 1983.

Ernest Gellner’s Nations and Nationalism (1983) provides one of the most powerful and original interpretations of modern nationalism. Drawing upon a range of disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, sociology, politics and history, Gellner argues that nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity.

For this new edition of Nations and Nationalism, John Breuilly, Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics and Political Science, provides a substantial introduction, analysing Gellner’s arguments and tracing and evaluating the ways in which the field has changed over the past two decades. Suggestions for further reading have also been updated.

Second Edition not available from Wiley-Blackwell in North America.

This updated edition of Ernest Gellner’s classic exploration of the roots of nationalism includes an extended introduction from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has changed over the past two decades.

• As pertinent today as it was when it was first published in 1983.
  
• Argues that nationalism is a product of industrialization.
  
• The new edition includes references to important work on nationalism published since 1983.
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Second Edition not available in the USA.