Is blood thicker than water?
Subtitle: crises of nationalism in the modern world
By: James M. McPherson.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Nationalism -- Canada -- History -- 20th century; Sectionalism (United States) -- History -- 19th century; Québec (Province) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Canada -- Ethnic relations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
Description: From James M. McPherson, here is a brilliant and passionate examination of nationalism in today's world and yesterday's. McPherson focuses on the current crisis in Canada ignited by Quebec's bid for independence and draws startling parallels between that stalemate and the schism between North and South that launched the American Civil War.

From the former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia to Rwanda and Burundi, nationalism, both ethnic and civic, remains one of the most dangerous and inflammatory of human sentiments. McPherson persuasively demonstrates that an understanding of the past can help us see the present more clearly.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.