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.

1. Introduction: Nation and Nationalism 2. The French Revolution and the birth of Nationalism 3. State and Nation under Napoleon 4. The Nation denied: France 1815-48 5. Nation, Bonapartism and Socialism: France 1848-71 6. The Third Republic and the Nation 7. The Right and the Nation: 1870-1914 8. The Left and the Nation: 1870-1914 9. Perspectives and uses of Nationalism: 1980-40 10. Nationalism from Liberation to De Gaulle 11. The Swansong of the Nation State? 12. Conclusion