Sandra Ott

Gebundenes Buch

War, Judgment, and Memory in the Basque Borderlands, 1914-1945

Beschreibung

Between 1914 and 1945, two world wars and the turbulent interwar years had a profound impact on Basque society, affecting even remote villages and rural farmers. This book examines the impact of war and occupation on four Basque communities in the French commune of Xiberoa.

Autor

Sandra Ott is an associate professor at the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has an M.Litt. and a D.Phil. in social anthropology from Oxford University and lived in Europe for thirty years before returning to the U.S. in 2002. She is the author of a widely acclaimed The Circle of Mountains: A Basque Shepherding Community (University of Nevada Press), and numerous articles about Basque culture and, most recently, Franco-Basque-German relations during the Occupation. In 2007, she received the Millstone Prize, a national award for exceptional contributions to the study of French history.

Produktdetails

• Basque
• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780874177381
• ISBN-10: 0874177383
• Artikelnr.: 23430746