Download or read book Containing Nationalism written by Michael Hechter and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers an explanation of why nationalism, with all its excesses, is largely confined to modern history, why it is supported by specific forms of inequality between cultural groups, and why it is inclusive at some times and exclusive at others.