First published in 1990, Nationalism in France (now with a new preface by the author) is a concise history of the post-revolutionary period in France and provides at the same time an original study of the evolution of French Nationalism since 1789.
Brian Jenkins is a retired academic who was formerly Professor of French Area Studies at University of Portsmouth (1981-2001) and subsequently Senior Research Fellow in French Studies at University of Leeds (2001-9). His research interests include French history and politics, the theory and history of nationalism, and the French extreme Right between the wars.
