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The book is an innovative and interdisciplinary introduction to the study of nationalism. The author uses paired chapters, first to present the work of key authors in relation to each of a set of key themes - primordialism, modernism, power and culture - and then critically to rethink these core concepts. The author engages with the main debates in the field, pointing out limitations in both modernist and primordialist approaches, and showing how a clearer conceptualisation of power and culture can help clarify our understanding of nationalism.