Europe as an active identity boundary dates only from the nineteenth century

Evidence

“Europe” is an old concept it did not gain currency until the seventeenth century and, by and large, only became an active boundary as such in the course of the nineteenth century and particularly from the beginning of the twentieth century. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 175 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Europe as a self-conscious identity boundary is surprisingly modern (nineteenth-twentieth century) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 175; Europe as an active boundary concept dates mainly to the twentieth century — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 175; Medieval identity was localized rather than European or continental (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Europe as a self-conscious identity boundary is surprisingly modern (nineteenth-twentieth century) #corroborates (0.97) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 175