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The grand duchy of Luxembourg was created after the Napoleonic Wars, but at the time there was no 'nation' that identified with the emergent state. This book analyses how politicians, scholars and artists have initiated and contributed to nation-building processes in Luxembourg since the nineteenth century, processes that – as this book argues – are still ongoing. The focus rests on three types of representations of nationhood: a shared past, a common homeland and a national language. History was written so as to justify the country's political independence. Territorial borders shifted meaning, constantly repositioning the national community. The local dialect – initially considered German variant – was gradually transformed into the 'national language', Luxembourgish.

Nationalism --- Luxembourgish language. --- Language policy --- Sociolinguistics --- Glottopolitics --- Institutional linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and state --- Languages, National --- Languages, Official --- National languages --- Official languages --- State and language --- Communication policy --- Language planning --- German language --- Letzebuergesch language --- Luxembourgeois language --- Luxemburgian language --- Germanic languages --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Government policy --- Dialects --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Luxembourg --- Archddugiaeth Lwcsembwrg --- Ard-Diúcacht Lucsamburg --- Ard-Diucaght Lucsemburg --- Dukasut ha-gedolah shel Luḳsemburg --- Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo --- Gran Ducat de Luxemburg --- Gran Ducato de Luxemburgo --- Gran Ducáu de Luxemburgu --- Grand-Duché de Luxembourg --- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg --- Grandduklando Luksemburgo --- Granducato di Lussemburgo --- Granducatu di Lussemburgu --- Granduchê ed Lussembûrgh --- Grant-Duchâ de Luxembôrg --- Groothertogdom Luxemburg --- Grossherzogtum Luxemburg --- Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg --- Gruthartochdom Lúksemboarch --- Keharyapatihan Luksemburg --- Látsębooʼ --- Lëtzebuerg --- Letzeburg --- Li︠u︡ksemburg --- Li︠u︡ksemburh --- Louxemvourgo --- Lù-sêm-pó --- Lucembursko --- Lucsambourg --- Lucsamburg --- Lucsemburg --- Luhemburgo --- Lukemapuka --- Lúksemboarch --- Luksèmburg --- Luksemburgi Suurhertsogiriik --- Luksemburgo --- Lüksemburq --- Luksemburŭkʻŭ --- Lūksumbūrigh --- Lussembulgu --- Lussemburc --- Lussembûrgh --- Lussemburgo --- Lussemburgu --- Luxembôrg --- Luxemburg --- Luxemburgia --- Luxemburgo --- Luxemburgu --- Luxenburgo --- Luxenburgoko Dukerri Handia --- Lwcsembwrg --- Mega Doukato tou Louxemvourgou --- Rukusenburugu --- Rukusenburuku --- Stórhertogadæmið Lúxemborg --- Storhertugdømmet Luxembourg --- Veliko vojvodstvo Luksemburg --- Velkovévodství lucemburské --- Wielkie Księstwo Luksemburga --- Μέγα Δουκάτο του Λουξεμβούργου --- Λουξεμβούργο --- Люксембург --- לוקסמבורג --- הדוכסות הגדולה של לוקסמבורג --- لوكسمبورغ --- ルクセンブルク --- ルクセンブルグ --- 룩셈부르크 --- Historiography. --- Boundaries. --- Languages.