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An Analysis of Enterprise in the Nationalism Implementation of Modern Nation State
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Abstract
The rapid transformation from an agricultural economy to a capitalism industrial nation-state has revealed the spirit of this new-born nation’s nationalism spirit: Enterprise. It is one of the critical ideological transitions of modernization, so the development of the national economic system building also equal to the formulation and acceptation of nationalism spirit. However, when Alexander Hamilton – the first Secretary, a firm nationalist – showing ‘Enterprise’ at the state policies, his passion of creating a multiple nation-state which supported by prosperous commerce and industry, has triggered querying, opposing and censuring. This passage is committed to explore the formulation of America spirit in the divergence between ruling group and the particularity of North America colonies which lead this nation to a liberalism capitalism leviathan, especially at the very beginning of a new state.
Keywords
Alexander Hamilton, enterprise, nationalism, proto-nationalism, revolution
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-179-7
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-180-3
- Published Date
- 07 December 2023
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- Communications in Humanities Research
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7064
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7072
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7064/18/20231143
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- 07 December 2023
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