Does the country you were born in define your nationality?

Started by dadudemon3 pages
Originally posted by Bentley
National identities ... are an invention of the late 19th century...

No.

meh, sort of

"Nationalism" certainly is, as is the modern concept of the Nation-State. I can see the argument that "national identity" may predate this because of people identifying with their local empire or whatever, but that idea itself changed in very serious ways over the course of the world wars.

YouTube video

missed the edit, but: BTW, if you haven't watched the "Crash Course: World History" vids, they are awesome. Gloss over a lot of stuff to make 10 min vids, but really good for what they are.

I second that.