Introduction: A Global Approach to Civic Nationalisms (Jasper M. Trautsch) 1. The Power and Weakness of Civic Nationalism in Switzerland, 1848-2014 (Regula Argast) 2. Squaring the South Slavic circle: Ethnicity, nationhood, and citizenship in Yugoslavia (Andrew Wachtel and Igor Stiks) 3. Civic Constitutional Nationalism in Egypt: The Egyptian Liberal Experiment Revisited, 1907-1952 (Israel Gershoni) 4. Building the Swahili Nation (Gregory H. Maddox) 5. Ethno-Nationalism Travels Incognito in Singapore (Michael Barr) 6. National Ties Entwined: Civic and Ethnic Nationalisms in New Zealand (David Pearson) 7. Unusual, often implicit, yet surprisingly effective: Civic nationalism in Brazil (Roderick J. Barman) 8. Homogenizing and demarcating America: Foundations: Civic nationalism in the United States, 1774-1861 (Jasper M. Trautsch) Conclusion (Ronald Beiner)