The Basque History of the World
The Story of a Nation
By Mark Kurlansky
By Mark Kurlansky
Category: European World History
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Paperback $18.00
Feb 01, 2001 | ISBN 9780140298512
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Praise
“Entertaining and instructive, [Kurlansky’s] approach is unorthodox, mixing history with anecdotes, poems with recipes.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A delectable portrait of an uncanny, indomitable nation.” —Newsday
“A lively, anecdotal, all-encompassing history of Basque ingenuity and achievement.” —Atlantic Monthly
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The Island and the World
Part One THE SURVIVAL OF EUSKAL HERRIA
The Basque Cake
1: The Basque Myth
2: The Basque Problem
3: The Basque Whale
4: The Basque Saint
5: The Basque Billy Goat
6: The Wealth of Non-Nations
Part Two THE DAWN OF EUSKADI
The Basque Onomatopoeia
7. The Basque Beret
8: The Basque Ear
9: Gernika
10: The Potato Time
11: Speaking Christian
12: Eventually Night Falls
Part Three EUSKADI ASKATUTA
Slippery Maketos
13: The Great Opportunity
14: Checks and Balances
15: Surviving Democracy
16: The Nation
Postscript: The Death of a Basque Pig
The Basque Thank You
Bibliography
Index of Proper Nouns
MAPS
Basqueland’s Seven Provinces
Basque Border Passes
Basque Coastline
Pilgrim Routes to Santiago
German-Occupied France
Operation Comet
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