Private Property and the Origins of Nationalism in the United States and Norway

Eirik Magnus Fuglestad completed his PhD at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is currently employed at Ruralis – Institute for Rural and Regional Research, Norway.

• 1. Introduction: A property rights perspective in the study of nationalism.- I. Agrarian Moment: Land and Freedom.- 2. America: "Destined to let freedom grow".- 3. Norway: "A free constitution... was centuries in the making".- II. Industrial Moment: Land to Labour.- 4. The industrial moment in America: "Irrepressible conflict".- 5. The industrial transformation in Norway: The will of the people.- III. Conclusions.- 6. The nation as propertied community.