Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Anthony D. Smith, The Nation in History: Historiographical Debates about Ethnicity and Nationalism. The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures Uli Linke, Blood and Nation: The European Aesthetics of Race Chris J. Chulos and Timo Piirainen (eds.), The Fall of an Empire, the Birth of a Nation: National Identities in Russia Edward E. Cohen, The Athenian Nation Michael Jacobsen and Ole Bruun (eds.), Human Rights and Asian Value: Contesting National Identities and Cultural Representations in Asia Ronaldo Munck and Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.), Postmodern Insurgencies: Political Violence, Identity Formation and Peacemaking in Comparative Perspective Miroslav Hroch, Social Preconditions of National Revival in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of the Social Composition of Patriotic Groups Among the Smaller European Nations Athena S. Leoussi, Nationalism and Classicism: the Classical Body as National Symbol in Nineteenth‐century England and France Umut Ozkirimli, Theories of Nationalism: a Critical Introduction