What nostalgia was: war, empire, and the time of a deadly emotion
In: Chicago studies in practices of meaning
Introduction: nostalgia as a historical problem -- Nostalgia in 1688 -- The reasons of a passion -- The lost pays of the patrie -- Mothers and sons in the time of Napoleonic war -- Golden age -- Nostalgia in the tropics -- Ubi bene, ibi patria: nostalgia fin de siècle -- Afterword: nostalgia in history