Alsace to the Alsatians?

<ul> <li> Demonstrates the importance of overlapping forms of community in the creation of identity.</li> <li> Argues that the character of Alsatian regionalism points to the ambiguous role of regional identity in both fostering and inhibiting loyalty to the nation.</li> <li> Author uses the case of Alsace to explode the traditional designations of French civic nationalism versus German ethnic nationalism</li></ul>