This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...

H.J. Habakkuk, a bibliography -- Introduction / F.M.L. Thompson -- English and French landowners, 1688-1789 / P.K. O'Brien and D. Heath -- A world elsewhere / J.R.T. Hughes -- The decline of the small landowner in England and Wales, 1660-1900 / J.V. Beckett -- Henry Hoare, banker, his family and...