Portraits of the Nation : stamps, coins and banknotes in Belgium and Switzerland, 1880-1945

Defence date: 13 December 1997 ; Examining Board: Prof. Urs Altermatt, Université de Fribourg ; Prof. John Brewer, EUI (supervisor) ; Prof. Martin Conway, Balliol College, Oxford (ext. supervisor) ; Prof. Luisa Passerini, EUI ; First made available online on 7 January 2020 ; Portraits of the Nation offers a fascinating insight into the construction and development of national identity in two multilingual countries—Belgium and Switzerland. This book not only shows that multilingualism was no obstacle for the development of national identity—in both countries it was used as a positive means of c... Mehr ...