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So for all the talk of the rise of nationalism and going back to the 1930s, to the 19th century, in the West at least, the power of national sentiments today is far, far smaller than it was a century ago.

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It dates back at least 200 years, to Galvani's famous experiments in the late 18th century and beyond.

So around the turn of the last century, I started to think, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if one could take this logic and turn it upside down?"

2010: Statistics about Native population today, more than a century after the massacre at Wounded Knee, reveal the legacy of colonization, forced migration and treaty violations.

By the middle of the 19th century, it's in full flower.

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