ABSTRACT

ThisnewnationalismoftheEuropeanimperialera-andtherevolutionaryreactiontoit-arepartofanotherstory:theglobaldramaof thetwentiethcentury.Hereonemustdealonlywiththedeathofthe oldrevolutionarynationalisminthefatefulperiodthatendedwiththe Franco-PrussianWarof1870-71.AnewjournalismandanewNapoleon werefactors:andthelastoftheFrenchrevolutions-theParisCommune of1871-wasawatershed.