Maarten Prak (The Netherlands Universiteit Utrecht)

Citizens without Nations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An ambitious study of the historical roots, development and role of citizenship during the period from the late Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Citizenship is shown to be not just an exclusively European institution, but one that could be traced to China, the Middle East and the American colonies.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 466
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781107504158
• ISBN-10: 1107504155
• Artikelnr.: 51384750

Autorenporträt

Maarten Prak is Professor of Social and Economic History at the Department of History and Art History, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands. He is on the Board of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: worlds of citizenship
Part I. Dimensions of Citizenship in European Towns: 1. Formal citizenship
2. Urban governance: citizens and their authorities
3. Economic citizenship through the guilds
4. Welfare and the civic community
5. Citizens, soldiers, and civic militias
Part II. Cities and States, Or: The Varieties of European Citizenship: Introduction to Part II
6. Italian city-states and their citizens
7. The Dutch Republic: the federalisation of citizenship
8. Citizenship in England: from the Reformation to the Glorious Revolution
9. Cities and states in Continental Europe
Part III. Citizenship Outside Europe: Introduction to Part III
10. Original citizenship in China and the Middle East
11. Recreating European citizenship in the Americas
Conclusions: citizenship before and beyond the French Revolution.