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Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World
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William A Douglass, Jon Bilbao
When "Amerikanuak" was first published in 1975, it was hailed as both a pioneering study of one of the American West's most important ethnic minorities and as an engaging, comprehensive survey of Basque migration and settlement in the Americas. Its value as an essential introduction to the history of the Basque people and their five centuries of ...
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Casting about in the Reel World: Fishing on the Fly
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William A Douglass
A collection of fishing stories that will delight anglers everywhere. From the bonefishing flats of the Pacific nuclear-testing ground of Bikini Atoll, to the taimen rivers of Outer Mongolia, anthropologist Bill Douglass is the fisherman's fisherman. In this hilarious collection, he pursues the Argentine dorado, tucanare in the Brazilian Amazon, ...
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Death in Murelaga: Funerary Ritual in a Spanish Basque Village,
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Emigration in a South Italian Town: An Anthropological History
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William A Douglass
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Decline of the Nation State
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Gurutz Jauregui Bereciartu, Gurutz Jauregui Bereciartu, William A. Douglass (Translator)
"The Decline of the Nation State" attempts to explain the historical and contemporary causes that have given rise to the current explosion of nationalist movements in Western Europe. The text also discusses the course these movements may take in the future. The current world political order, as maintained by the separation of and frequent ...
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The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism
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Alfonso Perez-Agote, Cameron Watson (Translator), William A Douglass (Translator)
That the Basque people have preserved their ethnic identity and sense of being a separate community, despite centuries of repression, diaspora, and economic and social upheaval, is one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of that phenomenon we call nationalism. "The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism" examines the processes that ...
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Basques in the Philippines
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Marciano R De Borja, William A Douglass (Foreword by)
The Basques, one of Spain's most distinct ethnic minorities, played a remarkably influential role in the creation and maintenance of Spain's vast colonial empire, including the Philippines. Basques were members of the Magellan expedition that discovered the Philippines in 1521, and a Basque-led expedition subsequently laid the foundation for Spain ...
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Tap Dancing on Ice: The Life and Times of a Nevada Gaming Pioneer
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Jack Douglass, William A. Douglass
The story of Jack Douglass's rise through Nevada's early gaming history. Douglass began his gaming career on slot machines through several Nevada mining camps, the small-scale variety that was prominent from 1931, and by the 1960s he was a principal in several casinos.
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Letters from the Nevada Frontier: Correspondence of Tasker L. Oddie, 1898-1902
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Tasker L Oddie, William A Douglass (Editor), Robert A Nylen (Editor)
In 1898, Tasker L. Oddie, a twenty-seven-year-old New Jersey attorney and business executive, moved to Austin, Nevada, to serve as secretary of a company with mining and other interests in central Nevada. Over the next four years, he wrote frequent letters to his mother recounting life on the Nevada frontier and the people he met there--miners, ...
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Letters from the Nevada Frontier: Correspondence of Tasker L. Oddie, 1898-1902
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William A Douglass (Editor), Tasker L Oddie, Robert A Nylen (Editor)
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Beltran, Basque Sheepman of the American West
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Beltran Paris, William A Douglass (Designer)
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Basque Sheep Herders of the American West: A Photographic Documentary
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Richard Lane, William A Douglass (Photographer)
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Possible Paradises: Basque Emigration to Latin America
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Jose Manuel Azcona Pastor, Roland Vazquez (Translator), William A Douglass (Foreword by)
From Columbus's first voyage to "the Indies" in 1492, Basques have participated in Spain's American enterprise. Supported by centuries of experience as mariners, shipbuilders, traders, miners and ironworkers; encouraged toward emigration by restrictive inheritance laws and a land-poor territory; and conditioned by a culture that prized hard work ...
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Echalar and Murelaga : opportunity and rural exodus in two Spanish Basque villages
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William A. Douglass
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Beltran
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William A Douglass, Beltran Paris
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Basque Cultural Studies
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William A Douglass (Editor), Carmelo Urza (Editor), Linda White (Editor)
This volume of 14 essays covers such varied topics as: the origin theories of the Basque language and its viability in the contemporary world; literature; gender studies; rock music and the "bertsolari" or troubadour; cinema; sports; and Bilbao and the Guggenheim museum.
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Basque Culture: Anthropological Perspectives
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William A Douglass
Covers Basque physical anthropology, archaeology, language and sociolinguistics, and identity formation.
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Basque Americans: A Guide to Information Sources
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William A Douglass
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Basque Politics and Nationalism on the Eve of the Milennium
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William A Douglass (Editor), Carmelo Urza (Editor), Linda White (Editor)
The 11 essays in this volume focus on: Basque nationalism and institutions in the European Union in an increasingly globalized world; the image of Basques in the international media; depictions of ETA in the Spanish press and cinema; and the status of Navarra and the French Basque country within.
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Essays in Basque Social Anthropology and History
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William A Douglass
This book contains fourteen essays by noted scholars in the fields of Basque anthropology, history, folklore and immigration studies.
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Basque Politics: A Case Study in Ethnic Nationalism
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William A Douglass
Leading authorities explore the labyrinth of Basque nationalist politics.
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The Changing faces of rural Spain
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Joseph B. Aceves, William A. Douglass
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Anglo-American contributions to Basque studies : essays in honor of Jon Bilbao
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William A. Douglass, Richard W. Etulain, William H. Jacobsen, Jon Bilbao
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Death in Murelaga
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The Basque Diaspora/La Diaspora Vasca
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William A Douglass (Editor), Carmelo Urza (Editor), Linda White (Editor)
This multilingual volume offers eight essays in Spanish on: Basques in Latin America - notably Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico; four essays in English on Basques in the western United States; and one essay in French on the Basques of Canada
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