The resurgence of "non-state nationalisms" constitutes one of the most puzzling political phenomena of the new century. In Contentions of Nationhood Patrick Hossay presents an innovative historical study of the origins of nationalist movements in Belgium (Flanders), Great Britain (Scotland), and Canada (Quebec). The work provides a rare and valuable analysis of three nationalist movements and the political construction of the idea of nationhood. Spanning European and North American history from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, Contentions of Nationhood combines the very best in macro history and comparative political theory to address an important lacuna in the study of state formation and the historical process of constructing national identities.