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The Making of the Basque Nation

By Marianne Heiberg

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1989
ISBN
9780521361033, 9780521040280, 9780511558023, 0521361036, 0521040280, 0511558023
LCC
GN549.B3 H45 1989
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1792978 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Pages
279\280
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Set against the historical background of Spain's unification as a modern state, this book is a study of a complex, frequently violent, political phenomenon - Basque nationalism - which after ninety years continues to constitute a major challenge to Spain's established political order. It examines the origins of Basque nationalism in the Basque industrial heartland of Bilbao in the 1890s and analyses its development up to 1980 when the Basque country finally achieved home rule. In particular, the book shows how Basque nationalism operated upon the residents of the Basque country, divided by culture, loyalties, divergent economic and political aspirations and history, to create a new and exclusive political entity - the Basque nation. The main fieldwork was conducted during the two years surrounding the death of General Franco in 1975, a period of exceptional violence in the Basque country that marked Spain's transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one. Using a theoretical approach, the book provides an empirical analysis of one of Spain's most intractable political problems during a decisive period of Spanish history.

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