Acknowledgements Introduction by Rachel Moss, Helen Roche, and Ricarda Meisl Chapter 1. "Nostalgia, Decadence and the Politics of mos maiorum in the Roman Republic" by Neville Morley Chapter 2. "Inscribing Power: Nostalgia, Rhetoric, and Political Legitimacy in the Ancient Maya World" by Miguel Pimenta Silva Chapter 3. "When Lawyers Dreamt of Rome: How Nostalgia Shaped the Second Life of Roman Law" by Leslie Dodd and Jonathan Brown Chapter 4. "Nineteenth-Century and Medieval Nostalgia: Radical and Reactionary, Past and Present" by Hannah Skoda Chapter 5. "When Bodies Were Healthy and White: The Nostalgia for Ancient Greek Bodies" by Ricarda Meisl Chapter 6. "Nostalgia for a Non-Existent Past? Fascist and Neo-Fascist Appeals to Classical Antiquity" by Helen Roche Chapter 7. "Wulf Ingessunu: Dreaming of England's True Past--And Reborn Future" by Clive Henry Chapter 8.

"Longing for Greatness: Hindu Exceptionalism from Anti-Colonial to Post-Colonial Indian Nationalism" by Meera Nanda Select Bibliography Index.