Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees

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"Brilliant. . . . This fascinating exploration through three centuries of the frontier is rounded off with a perceptive and balanced appraisal of the nature of national identity within the context of the Pyrenees. . . . A study which is exciting, learned, and thought-provoking, a splendid example of interdisciplinary history at its best."--Times Literary Supplement Contents Figures, Tables, Maps, and Illustrations Abbreviations Note Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Treaty of the Pyrenees and the Division of the Cerdanya 2. The Frontiers of the Old Regime State 3. Resistance and Identity under the Old Regime 4. Community, Class, and Nation in the Eighteenth-Century Borderland 5. The French Revolution 6. Territory and Identity During the Spanish Crises (1808—1840) 7. The Treaties of Bayonne and the Delimitation of the Boundary 8. Conclusion: Identity and Counter-Identity Epilogue: States and Nations since 1868 Bibliography Index