CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES vii
4. TABLES ix
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
6. PART ONE. THE INSTITUTIONAL ORIGINS OF NATION-STATES 1
7. PART TWO. PROCESSES: FORGING POLITICAL-IDENTITY HEGEMONIES 79
8. PART THREE. PROCESSES: ESCALATION TO NATION-STATE CRISES 161
9. PART FOUR. OUTCOMES: CRISES AND INDEPENDENCE 257
10. APPENDIX: Segment-States, 1901–2000 355
11. REFERENCES 365
12. INDEX 403