A review by pcaron_de
Nations and Nationalism Since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality by Eric Hobsbawm

5.0

Though written in 1985 (it contains a postscript from 1992), this is a classic study of the emergence and history of nations. Hobsbawn argues convincingly that nations and nationalism do not adequately describe modern political entities not do linguistic, ethnic or cultural definitions of nations hold up under scrutiny.
Should be on the bookshelf of every student of politics, history or economics.