{"product_id":"9781526169259","title":"Inventing the modern region","description":"Author: Talitha Ilacqua\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526169259\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book explores the process by which the French Basque country acquired a folkloric regional identity in the long nineteenth century. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920543498398,"sku":"ING-9781526169259","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526169259.jpg?v=1782823461","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526169259","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}