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The growth of national consciousness was as Weber states ‘…more varied than is generally conceived, far slower and more complex than most historians would have it.’ (1)
Towards the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain and France political and administrative power became highly concentrated. This political solidity helped to produce a sense of national identity, which included all the inhabitants within the boundaries of the existing state. ... In central and eastern Europe however the situation was very different. There was very little connection in central and Eastern Europe between states and ethnic groups. There was for example, no single state in the early nineteenth century inhabited by all ethnic Germans or Italians.
The growth of national consciousness throughout central and Eastern Europe found
expression in the revolutions of 1848 – 9. These revolutions ‘had a common significance in Italy and Germany in promoting national unity and yet demonstrating the implausibility of revolution as a means of achieving it. ... In the early nineteenth century the Italian peninsula was comprised of a number of separate political entities.
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