Abstract:This article examines nation-building in relation to education and educationalinstitutions, taking two former big players in European politics in the wake of theFirst World War as examples: the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Empire. TheHabsburg Empire is examined by focusing particularly on textbooks around and after1918, comparing them with each other and understanding them as major tools forspreading national ideas within state school. As will be shown, the idea of an Austriannation can hardly be found, nei… Show more
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