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SUMMARY: Guillaume Blanc\, Simon Fraser University (Economic History Semina
 r)
DESCRIPTION: French This paper studies nation-building in a fragmented soci
 ety. We document the adoption of a common language and the construction of 
 a national identity in France. Using a natural experiment and drawing on a 
 novel dataset on the languages spoken across municipalities on the eve of t
 he twentieth century\, we establish that state intervention in […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <blockquote><p>French</p></blockquote><p>This
  paper studies nation-building in a fragmented society. We document the ado
 ption of a common language and the construction of a national identity in F
 rance. Using a natural experiment and drawing on a novel dataset on the lan
 guages spoken across municipalities on the eve of the twentieth century\, w
 e establish that state intervention in the provision of education brought h
 omogenization. To understand why nation-building was successful\, we study 
 heterogeneity and find that elites and the demand for education were instru
 mental in driving assimilation. Finally\, we document further impacts on id
 entity and ideology in the twentieth century.</p><p>[buttons][button link_t
 ext="View paper" link_url="https://www.guillaumeblanc.com/files/theme/Blanc
 Kubo_French.pdf"][/buttons]</p><p>Organized by: <a href="mailto:nathan.nunn
 @ubc.ca">Nathan Nunn</a></p>
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