TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fischer,Christopher J.
TI  - Alsace to the Alsatians?: Visions and Divisions of Alsatian Regionalism, 1870-1939 
T2  - Contemporary European History
SN  - 9781782383949
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / France
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History (General)
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations and Terms --; Note on Places --; Note on Archives --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 Alsace Reborn: Emerging Visions of Alsace, 1895–1913 --; Chapter 2 Monuments, Museums, and Memory: Commemoration in Alsace, 1900–1914 --; Chapter 3 From Disunity to Unity: The Constitutional Debates and the Zabern Affair, 1910–1914 --; Chapter 4 War Weariness or National Reunion? World War I and Alsace, 1914–1918 --; Chapter 5 “Ne toucher pas de choses d’Alsace”: The Return of French Rule to Alsace, 1918–1925 --; Chapter 6 Dual Cultures and Contested Memories: Alsace in the 1920s --; Chapter 7 The Apogee of the Autonomist Movement --; Conclusion: Visions and Divisions --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - The region of Alsace, located between the hereditary enemies of France and Germany, served as a trophy of war four times between 1870–1945. With each shift, French and German officials sought to win the allegiance of the local populace. In response to these pressures, Alsatians invoked regionalism—articulated as a political language, a cultural vision, and a community of identity—not only to define and defend their own interests against the nationalist claims of France and Germany, but also to push for social change, defend religious rights, and promote the status of the region within the larger national community. Alsatian regionalism however, was neither unitary nor unifying, as Alsatians themselves were divided politically, socially, and culturally. The author shows that the Janus-faced character of Alsatian regionalism points to the ambiguous role of regional identity in both fostering and inhibiting loyalty to the nation. Finally, the author uses the case of Alsace to explore the traditional designations of French civic nationalism versus German ethnic nationalism and argues for the strong similarities between the two countries’ conceptions of nationhood
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845458065
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781845458065
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781845458065/original
ER  -