ABSTRACT

This is a book about the tensions and entangled interactions between internationalism and nationalism, and about the effects both had on European scientific and cultural settings from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From chemistry to philology the essays tackle different historical case studies exploring how the paths taken by science and culture during the period were affected by nationalism and internationalism.

chapter 1|6 pages

(Inter)Nationalism, science, and culture

Disruptions and entanglements from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century—An introduction

chapter 2|23 pages

The politics of interwar chemistry

Neutrality and nationalism in the rhetoric and actions of internationalist chemists

chapter 3|26 pages

“Mon Cher Ami”

Curators, archaeological museums and the formation of an international knowledge transfer network

chapter 6|38 pages

The nationalization of the Portuguese landscape

Landscape architecture, road engineering and the making of the Estado Novo dictatorship 1

chapter 8|25 pages

Relocating knowledge

From international science to national philology