{"product_id":"inventing-the-modern-region-talitha-ilacqua-9781526194886","title":"Inventing the Modern Region: Basque Identity and the French Nation-State","description":"This book explores the process by which the French Basque country acquired a folkloric regional identity in the long nineteenth century. It 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Talitha Ilacqua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526194880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526194886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d","brand":"Talitha Ilacqua","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175720595711,"sku":"9781526194886","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed8ae897-8f7b-45e7-be5e-6df2d3c0a829.jpg?v=1771335491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inventing-the-modern-region-talitha-ilacqua-9781526194886","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}