Le Peuple Basque

This book explores the process by which the French Basque country acquired a folkloric regional identity in the long nineteenth century. It argues that, despite its origins in pre-modern customs, this stereotypical identity was invented as part of France’s process of nation-building. The abolition of privileges in 1789 prompted a new interest in local culture as the defining feature of provincial France, shaping the transition from the pre-‘modern’ province to the ‘modern’ region. The relationship between the region and the nation, however, was difficult. Regional culture favoured the integration of the French Basque provinces into the French nation-state but also challenged the authority of the central state. As a result, Basque region-building reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the unitary model of French nationhood, in the nineteenth century as well as today.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... BOOKS CONSULTED Les Basques et le Pays Basque Paris, 1882, J. V1nson Le Folk-lore du Pays Basque Paris, 1883, J. V1nson La 'Tombe Basque Paris, 1889, Henry O'shea Les Armoiries du Pays Basque 1919 The Pyrenees Hila1re Belloc The Deserts of Southern France Bar1ng-gould Essai sur la Noblesse Basque 1785 The Basque Provinces Ency. Brit. The Basques La Tradition du Pays Basque 18 99 Le Pays Basque. La Femme et TEnfant Mde. D'abbad1e Harispe et les Chasseurs Basques La Bouc He Recherches Historiques sur le Pays Basque Her1stoy Ramuntcho P1erre Lot1 Le Pays Basque M1chel Voyage en Navarre 1836, Chaho Itineraire Pittoresque INDEX Aarfa, 125 Abbadie, Antoine, 6 Abd-ur-Rahman, 11 Adour, 4, 33, 60 Ahaxe. 161, 162 Ainhoa, 67, 73, 125 Alava, 4, 12 Alciette, 158 Aldudes, 125, 179, 182 AU Saints' Day, 159 Alphoura River, 160 Altabiscar, 170 America, 178 American Army, 178 Amusements, Sunday, 166 Ancient laws, 14 Andurain, Chateau of, 121 Anne of Austria, 54, 84 Anne de Montmorency, 49, 50, 51 Animals, Basque, 104 Antiquity of the Race, 4 Antoine d'Abbadie, 72 Apecteche, 159 Aquitania, 5, 8 Aquitaine, Eleanor of, 28 Aragon, 12 Aragonese, the, 3 Aramits, 100 Arance, 86 Arette, 100 Arms of the Basque Country, 81,82 Arneguy, 166, 167 Aryans, 6 Ascain, 67, 76 Hotel de la Rhune, 76 Aspe, Valley of the, 87 Azcoltia, 15 Balgony, 175, 176, 180, 183 Baring-Gould, 5 Barony of St. Jean de Luz, 46 Bascassan, 158 Basque animals, 104 children, 175 churches, 175 country, arms of the, 81, 82 customs, 142 dances, 111 donkey, 102 homesteads, 20, 177 house, 140 inscription, 140 language, the, 22, 23 - kitchens, 141 names, 159 poetic legends, 118 -- priests, 156 proverb, 69 regiments, 12 superstitions, 151" tongue, the, 21 war-cry, Irrezina, ...

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