Imagined Communities

book by Benedict Anderson
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Imagined Communities

Summary

Imagined Communities is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Imagined Communities authored Benedict Anderson[3].
  • Imagined Communities's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Imagined Communities's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 201008378[5].
  • Imagined Communities's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 6225151051915533530005[6].
  • Imagined Communities's IdRef ID is recorded as 081598181[7].
  • Imagined Communities's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Imagined Communities's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Imagined Communities's publication date is recorded as +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Imagined Communities's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0105_9ng[11].
  • Imagined Communities's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1702855W[12].
  • Imagined Communities's has edition or translation is recorded as Q66494841[13].
  • Imagined Communities's has edition or translation is recorded as Imagined Communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism[14].
  • Imagined Communities's main subject is recorded as imagined community[15].
  • Imagined Communities's main subject is recorded as nationalism[16].
  • Imagined Communities's main subject is recorded as national identity[17].
  • Imagined Communities's main subject is recorded as decolonization[18].
  • Imagined Communities's main subject is recorded as nation-building[19].
  • Imagined Communities's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 13463[20].
  • Imagined Communities's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Imagined-Communities-Reflections-on-the-Origins-and-Spread-of-Nationalism[21].
  • Imagined Communities's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Imagined Communities'}[22].
  • Imagined Communities's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '想像の共同体 : ナショナリズムの起源と流行(社会科学の冒険 ; 7)'}[23].
  • Imagined Communities's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism'}[24].
  • Imagined Communities's author name string is recorded as Anderson[25].
  • Imagined Communities's Babelio work ID is recorded as 238131[26].
  • Imagined Communities's Google Scholar paper ID is recorded as 13512913374545888922[27].

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Works and Contributions

Imagined Communities authored Benedict Anderson[3]. Things named for it include imagined community[28], a concept[29].

Why It Matters

Imagined Communities ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include imagined community[28], a concept[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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