Basques In The Philippines

Author : Marciano R. De Borja
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874178913

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Basques in the Philippines by Marciano R. De Borja Pdf

The Basques played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain’s colonial establishment in the Philippines. Their skills as shipbuilders and businessmen, their evangelical zeal, and their ethnic cohesion and work-oriented culture made them successful as explorers, colonial administrators, missionaries, merchants, and settlers. They continued to play prominent roles in the governance and economy of the archipelago until the end of Spanish sovereignty, and their descendants still contribute in significant ways to the culture and economy of the contemporary Philippines. This book offers important new information about a little-known aspect of Philippine history and the influence of Basque immigration in the Spanish Empire, and it fills an important void in the literature of the Basque diaspora.

Author : Aitor Anduaga Egaña
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9715383432

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The Lives, Ideas, and Works of Basques in the Philippines by Aitor Anduaga Egaña Pdf

Author : Daniel F. Doeppers
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299305109

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Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850–1945 by Daniel F. Doeppers Pdf

The first book to explore the critical problem of provisioning the "megacity." A historical study of Manila looks at the continuing challenges of getting food, water, and services to the millions of people who live in the world's megacities.

Author : Madeleine Zelin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317317890

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Merchant Communities in Asia, 1600–1980 by Madeleine Zelin Pdf

This book is the first to use local primary sources to explore the interaction between foreign and native merchants in Asian countries. Contributors discuss the different economic, political and cultural conditions that gave rise to a variety of merchant communities in Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore and India.

Author : A. G. Hopkins
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691196879

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American Empire by A. G. Hopkins Pdf

"Compelling, provocative, and learned. This book is a stunning and sophisticated reevaluation of the American empire. Hopkins tells an old story in a truly new way--American history will never be the same again."--Jeremi Suri, author of The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office.Office.

Author : Paul Hardwick,David Kennedy
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443821674

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The Survival of Myth by Paul Hardwick,David Kennedy Pdf

What are myths and what are they for? Myths are stories that both tell us how to live and remind us of the inescapability and pull of the collective past. The Survival of Myth: Innovation, Singularity and Alterity explores the continuing power of primal stories to inhabit our thinking. An international range of contributors examine a range of texts and figures from the Bible to Cormac McCarthy and from Thor to the Virgin Mary to focus on the way that ancient stories both give access to the unconscious and offer individuals and communities personae or masks. Myths translated and recreated become, in this sense, very public acts about very private thoughts and feelings. The subtitle of the book, ‘Innovation, Singularity and Alterity,’ reflects the way in which the history of cultures in all genres is a history of innovation, of a search for new modes of expression which, paradoxically, often entails recourse to myth precisely because it offers narratives of singularity and otherness which may be readily appropriated. The individual contributors offer testament to the continuing significance of myth through its own constant metamorphosis, as it both reflects and transforms the societies in which it is (re)produced.

Author : Mark Kurlansky
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307369789

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Basque History Of The World by Mark Kurlansky Pdf

"They are a mythical people, almost an imagined people," writes Mark Kurlansky. Settled in a corner of France and Spain in a land marked on no maps except their own, the Basques are a nation without a country, whose ancient and dramatic story illuminates Europe's own saga. Where did they come from? Signs of their civilization exist well before the arrival of the Romans in 218 B.C., and their culture appears to predate all others in Europe. Their mysterious and forbidden tongue, Euskera, is related to no other language on Earth. The Basques have stubbornly defended their unique culture against the Celts, the Romans, the Visigoths and Moors, the kings of Spain and France, Napoleon, Franco, the modern Spanish state, and the European Union. Yet as much as their origins are obscure, the Basques' contributions to world history have been clear and remarkable. Early explorers, they made fortunes whaling before the year 1000 and became the premier cod fishermen in Europe after discovering Canada's Grand Banks. Juan Sebastian de Elcano, a Basque, was the first man to circumnavigate the globe in 1522. Their influence has also been felt in religion as founders of the Jesuits in 1534, and in business, as leaders of the Industrial Revolution in southern Europe. Mark Kurlanky's passion for the Basque people, and his exuberant eye for detail, shine throughout this fascinating history. Like his acclaimed Cod, it blends human, economic, political, literary and culinary history into a rich and heroic tale.

Author : William Gervase Clarence-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134607785

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Cocoa and Chocolate, 1765-1914 by William Gervase Clarence-Smith Pdf

Focusing on the period from the Seven Years War to the First World War Clarence-Smith discusses how cocoa production helped transform some economies but ultimately failed to act as a dynamo for large scale development.

Author : Gloria Pilar Totoricagüena
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780874175752

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Identity, Culture, And Politics In The Basque Diaspora by Gloria Pilar Totoricagüena Pdf

Gloria P. Totoricagüena presents a thorough comparative examination of the remarkable endurance of Basque identity and culture in six countries of the far-flung Basque diaspora. Using the results of interviews and extensive anonymous surveys with more than eight hundred informants in the diaspora, plus extensive research in archives and printed sources in all six of her study countries, Totoricagüena reveals for the first time the complex and interrelated universe of these dispersed Basques. She explores the elements of their migration patterns and the institutions that have encouraged identity maintenance, the impacts on established communities of each new wave of immigrants, and the nature of economic and political ties with the homeland. Totoricagüena offers a superb quantitative study of an aspect of Basque culture that has been largely ignored by scholars—the diaspora. In doing so, she enlarges the understanding of cultural identity in general—how it is defined and preserved, how it evolves over time, and how both the politics of distant places and the most intimate family habits can shape an individual’s sense of self. Identity, Culture, and Politics in the Basque Diaspora is a major contribution to the knowledge of Basques and their persistent political and cultural traditions.

Author : Aaron Brachfeld,Mary Choate
Publisher : Coastalfields Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780978594480

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Eat Your Food! by Aaron Brachfeld,Mary Choate Pdf

Author : Silvio A. Beding
Publisher : Springer
Page : 799 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349125739

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The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia by Silvio A. Beding Pdf

The European discovery of the Americas in 1492 was one of the most important events of the Renaissance, and with it Christopher Columbus changed the course of world history. Now, five hundred years later, this 2-volume reference work will chart new courses in the study and understanding of Columbus and the Age of Discovery. Much more than an account of the man and his voyages, The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia is a complete A-Z look at the world during this momentous era. In two volumes, The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia contains more than 350 signed original articles ranging from 250 to more than 10,000 words, written by nearly 150 contributors from around the world. The work includes cross-references, bibliographies for each article, and a comprehensive index. The work is fully illustrated, with hundreds of maps, drawings and photographs.

Author : Joy Hendry,Laara Fitznor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415518338

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Anthropologists, Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour by Joy Hendry,Laara Fitznor Pdf

This collection offers the fruits of a stimulating workshop that sought to bridge the fraught relationship which sometimes continues between anthropologists and indigenous/native/aboriginal scholars, despite areas of overlapping interest. Participants from around the world share their views and opinions on subjects ranging from ideas for reconciliation, the question of what might constitute a universal "science," indigenous heritage, postcolonial museology, the boundaries of the term "indigeneity," different senses as ways of knowing, and the very issue of writing as a method of dissemination that divides and excludes readers from different backgrounds. This book represents a landmark step in the process of replacing bridges with more equal patterns of intercultural cooperation and communication.

Author : Jacqueline Urla
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780874178807

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Reclaiming Basque by Jacqueline Urla Pdf

The Basque language, Euskara, is one of Europe’s most ancient tongues and a vital part of today’s lively Basque culture. Reclaiming Basque examines the ideology, methods, and discourse of the Basque-language revitalization movement over the course of the past century and the way this effort has unfolded alongside the simultaneous Basque nationalist struggle for autonomy. Jacqueline Urla employs extensive long-term fieldwork, interviews, and close examination of a vast range of documents in several media to uncover the strategies that have been used to preserve and revive Euskara and the various controversies that have arisen among Basque-language advocates.

Author : Niall Cullen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003806813

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Radical Basque Nationalist-Irish Republican Relations by Niall Cullen Pdf

This volume explains the genesis and development of the nexus between radical Basque nationalists and Irish republicans, how they have learnt from each other historically, and how they have utilised this relationship, at times, to their benefit. From medieval tales of shared origins to the violent conflicts largely wrought by ETA and the IRA, the Basque Country and Ireland have long been associated in popular imagination. Despite this, little is known of historical Basque-Irish relations and, in particular, the web of party-political, military and social movement connections between radical Basque nationalists and Irish republicans since the Irish Revolutionary Period (1916–23). Drawing on extensive archival research undertaken in Spain, Ireland and the UK, and more than 70 interviews conducted with politicians, former paramilitaries and grassroots activists, this is the first study to comprehensively document and analyse the emergence, evolution and implications of this mythified transnational relationship. Radical Basque Nationalist-Irish Republican Relations: A History will appeal to students and scholars of Irish republicanism, Basque nationalism, terrorism studies and social movements studies, as well as those interested in the contemporary history of Western Europe’s two most volatile regions.

Author : Paddy Woodworth
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781908493231

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The Basque Country by Paddy Woodworth Pdf

The Basque Country is a land of fascinating paradoxes and enigmas. Home to one of Europe's oldest peoples and most mysterious languages, with a living folklore rich in archaic rituals and dances, it also boasts a dynamic post-modern energy, with the reinvention of Bilbao creating a model for the twenty-first-century city of cultural services and information technologies. Hugging the elbow of the Bay of Biscay on both the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees, this small territory abounds in big contrasts, ranging from moist green valleys to semi-desert badlands, from snowy sierras to sandy beaches, from harsh industrial landscapes to bucolic beech woods. This often idyllic scenery is the stage for fierce political passions. Almost every aspect of the Basque Country generates passionate disagreement, even its precise location. Spanish and French centralism, often authoritarian and sometimes brutal, has met with resistance for two centuries. Most recently and notoriously ETA, a terrorist group with deep popular support, has engaged in a bloody 45-year conflict. But many Basques consider themselves full French or Spanish citizens, and fear political and linguistic exclusion under Basque nationalist rule.