The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism (Basque Series)

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The Basque people have preserved their ethnic identity and sense of themselves as a separate community despite centuries of repression, diaspora, and economic and social upheaval—one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of that phenomenon we call nationalism.

In The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism, sociologist Alfonso Pérez-Agote addresses the social mechanisms that Basques employed to sustain their ethnic identity under the Franco Regime and demonstrates how persecution actually encouraged the extension of Basque nationalist consciousness. He also reveals how state political pressure radicalized one element of the Basque-nationalist movement, resulting in the formation of eta ,an armed terrorist wing that itself became a mechanism for extending nationalist consciousness. Finally, he examines the subsequent changes in Basque nationalism following Franco's death and the extension of democracy in Spain, which resulted in the institutionalization of the movement into an autonomous political power.

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Daniele Conversi's book is a comprehensive introduction to Basque and Catalan nationalism. The two movements have much in common but have differed in the strategies adopted to further their cause. Basque nationalism, in the shape of the military wing of ETA, took the path of violence, spawning an efficient terrorist campaign. Catalan nationalism, by contrast, is generally more accommodating and peaceful.

Basque Violence: Metaphor and Sacrament (Basque Series)

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Major contribution
Remarkable insights
A chaotic mess

Basque Violence: Metaphor and Sacrament (Basque Series)
Joseba Zulaika
Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
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ASIN: 0874171326

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This timely book captures the complexity and humanity of one of the most agonizing of contemporary problems--that of terrorist violence. Basque Violence is in fact a pioneering attempt to give a fully contextualized, cultural account of the endemic conflict engaging Basque villagers both as protagonists and as spectators. By using the tools of cultural anthropology, Joseba Zulaika provides the first ethnographic analysis of this politically explosive situation.

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Major contribution.......2005-12-01

"Basque Terrorism" got great reviews in the Spanish press. One notable exception was "El Pais" which devoteed nearly a full page to condemning it. (The paper was at the time a friendly conduit for the Gonzales government. During its time in power, 27 Basque activists were murdered by security agencies.)

The strength of the book is in the details. Different aspects of the life and history of the Basque nation are brought together with strong, simple logic. It shows how hopes of freedom took the only path left open.

Remarkable insights.......2005-11-30

This book is best counterargument yet written to the official media fallacy on terrorism. It is lucid, well worded, and--above all--sensible.

Frederick Packer

A chaotic mess.......2003-04-29

Zulakika's Basque Violence is a confusing and chaotic work which attempts to examine the cultural background to the question of why a terroristic form of violence haunts the Basque people. The works' shortcomings are abundant and ubiquitous throughout his writing. No one outside of the field of ethnography will be able to comprehend the overpowering amount of ethnographic jargon that inundates Zulakika's work. His work is also delinquent in the fact that very few readers outside of the Basque culture could understand or find the thesis of the work. The reader feels as if he or she is stuck the eccentric mind of a bedlamite, who is rattling off the hagiology of the Basque culture from the Paleolithic era to modern day. The book is structured in what would appear at first glance to be studies of different areas of Basque culture and its relation to the violence that has been occurring in the area; however, the book fails to accomplish this task as well. Readers will be greatly disappointed with this work because it does not realize any of the intended goals that the author set for himself work.

Negotiating With Eta: Obstacles to Peace in the Basque Country 1975-1988 (Basque Series)

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Negotiating With Eta: Obstacles to Peace in the Basque Country 1975-1988 (Basque Series)
Robert P. Clark
Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
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The Basque Insurgents: ETA, 1952-1980

ASIN: 0874171628

Nationalism, Violence and Democracy: The Basque Clash of Identities

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Nationalism, Violence and Democracy: The Basque Clash of Identities
Ludger Mees
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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ASIN: 1403902658

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Ludger Mees offers the first comprehensive study of one of Europe's most protracted ethnic conflicts. He carefully analyses both the historical roots of the conflict and its later growing violent dimension. Special attention is paid to the framing of a new opportunity structure during the 1990s, which facilitated the first serious, but ultimately frustrated, attempt to broker a settlement. In the light of different theoretical and comparative approaches, the reasons for the dramatic return of terrorism and the possibilities of a more successful conflict de-escalation in the near future are discussed.

The Eta: Spain's Basque Terrorists (Inside the World's Most Famous Terrorist Organizations)

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Very Simple Overview

The Eta: Spain's Basque Terrorists (Inside the World's Most Famous Terrorist Organizations)
Wayne Anderson
Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group
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ASIN: 0823938182

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Very Simple Overview.......2007-05-14

I was a little disappointed in this book. It's very thin and formatted like it's intended for early high school, late junior high students. Still, it's very straight forward and informative. A barebones look at the ETA.

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Basque Nationalism (Basque)
Stanley G. Payne
Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
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ASIN: 0874170427

The Sespe Wild: Southern California's Last Free River (Environmental Arts and Humanities Series)

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A Compelling Description of the Sespe Wilderness

The Sespe Wild: Southern California's Last Free River (Environmental Arts and Humanities Series)
Bradley John Monsma
Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
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Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)

ASIN: 0874175364

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A hundred miles northwest of Los Angeles, Sespe Creek flows through some of the wildest territory in California. A mostly roadless expanse of chaparral and mixed forest, in many places nearly inaccessible even on foot, the Sespe is the untamed heart of Southern California, a wilderness on the edge of one of the world's major metropolitan developments. To nature writer and outdoorsman John Bradley Monsma, the Sespe is both his place of escape and the place "that teaches me to be fully alive."

In The Sespe Wild, Monsma shares his exploration of this unique and fantastic region. His attention ranges from the physical Sespe, examined on foot or by kayak, to the subsurface geology that shaped it, the Chumash people who first occupied it, and the impact of Spanish and then American settlers. He also considers the Sespe through the eyes of some of its nonhuman populations—the nearly extinct condors, the vanished grizzlies, the mountain sheep, the steelhead trout, the red-legged frogs. Through the metaphor of the river, he ponders the tensions between preservation and overmanagement of wildlife and wilderness areas, the ecology of fire, the intricate connections between species, and the almost miraculous ways that the Sespe has escaped the fate of other Southern California streams, dammed or carved up into canals by development.

"To consider this place," Monsma says, "is to call up issues crucial wherever wilderness and cities meet: recreational impacts on wildlife habitat, the dynamics of accessibility and protection, the physical and psychological need for healthy ecosystems, threats of development and resource extraction." Monsma's engaging text addresses the Sespe's losses and its ongoing pattern of creation and renewal, leading us through rich layers of natural and cultural history in a narrative as colorful and exciting as a day on a Sespe trail. The Sespe, existing at the intersection of ecological processes and human ideals of wilderness, reminds us that nature and culture have always intermingled, and that the past and present, animal and human, "natural" and "unnatural" are ultimately and irrevocably inseparable.

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The Basque Diaspora.......2005-08-25

Gloria Totoricagüena's Identity, Culture, and Politics in the Basque Diaspora is a great introduction to the understanding of Basque diaspora from a multi-disciplinary approach -a somehow overlooked area of Basque studies by the international academia and surprisingly by the homeland scholars-. It analyzes the formation of the diaspora as an historical phenomenon for the over five hundred years, reveals the multi-directional interconnectedness and networks (from a familiar to an institutional level) among diaspora Basque communities and between those and the homeland, and describes the changing nature of the meaning of being Basque from transnational and deterritorialized perspectives. The book focuses, from a historical perspective, on the physical, emotional and psychological interconnectedness among diaspora Basques and the Basque region, while emphasizing the current Basque Government-diaspora institutional relations, promoted increasingly since the return of democracy to Spain and the early 1980s-. It also pays special attention to the influence of the Basque homeland nationalist ideology on the reformulation of Basque identity on the diaspora communities, specifically in the period of the Basque-Government-in-exile between the 1940s and the late-1970s. In sum, Identity, Culture, and Politics in the Basque Diaspora is a comprehensive ground-breaking work which lays the foundation for more theoretical and empirical comparative research in Basque studies in the international terrain as well as in the Basque Country and which will attract not only an expert reader, but also a wide audience eager to learn aspects of Basque history, culture, and politics that until now have been to some extent ignored.

A Soulful read.......2004-09-09

"The Sespe Wild" is an anthology of reflections on life and life issues in the Sespe river. Each chapter focuses on an animal that lives or used to live around the Sespe. There are also chapters talking about attempted dams, oil drilling, and rock art left by the Chumash Indians. The book can be read in installments, or, if you have the time, in one sitting.

Monsma is a gifted storyteller, and traces the individual histories of each aspect in a way that makes you want to root for the cause of conservation. At the the same time, he presents both sides of each issue fairly, and never comes down clearly either way. This can be a challenge for the reader, particularly if you're looking for a more black and white discussion of environmental issues. Personally, I loved that aspect, as it left me asking questions of myself. Perhaps that is the biggest lesson in this book: You ask important questions, and as you go through life, part of the answer is revealed, but only enough to prompt more questions.

On a side note, readers with a Christian background may chuckle at some of verbal puns that hint at time spent in Sunday School, but for the rest, it's a soulful account of how a place so small and almost insignificant can be filled with life that continues to thrive in the midst of contant challenge. Monsma is obviously passionate about nature, and here he shares it with us.

A Compelling Description of the Sespe Wilderness.......2004-09-05

Drawing on his personal experiences of backpaking in the Sespe Wilderness over many years, Monsma revels in the beauty of the landscape, and its bird and animal life. His descriptions of early mornings in the wilderness are compelling; they make me want to reach for my backpack and hiking boots and head out to the backcountry.

Drawing on extensive scholarship, he tells the chequered history of the Sespe and the story of its preservation only 50 miles from the Los Angeles metropolis. Describing the threats from oil drilling, dam building and suburban development, he not only points out the short-sightedness of current energy and development policies, but also shows the remarkable ability of the wilderness to regenerate itself and obliterate the traces of earlier intruders.

He uses rhetorical figures such as the native american shamans, tricksters and bear-men to introduce different ways of seeing nature and connecting it to everyday urban life. The traces of zen buddhism and Carlos Castaneda appear hokey at the beginning, but become an integral part of the book's structure.

By the end this is the kind of book that makes you not only want to visit the wilderness, but also makes you see under the surface of urban life. Every freeway drainage ditch, patch of scrub, and visiting hummingbird comes alive with layers of meaning.

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ETA - from fighters against state terrorism to terrorists
rationalizes eta even when clearly a terrorist outfit
It's posible to study ETA using statistics!

The Basque Insurgents: ETA, 1952-1980
Robert P. Clark
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0299096548

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Blamed, at first, by the Spanish government for the recent Madrid train bombings, ETA (Euzkadi ta Askatasuna), the Basque nationalist organization, has been perhaps the most violent insurgent group on the European continent. Yet little is known about it outside of Spain. This book, now back in print, offers a full analytical study of ETA.

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ETA - from fighters against state terrorism to terrorists.......2001-02-12

This book explains in some detail the transition of ETA from a primarily political oriented insurgence group that broke from the Basque Nationalist Party in the late 50's, and as a response to the unrelenting state repression and state terrorism exercized by Franco and his henchmen, to the organazation that is the ETA of recent times - 1980.

In some ways the evolution of ETA mirrors that of the IRA, whose folk heros show scant resemblance to the bearers of unwanted gifts of just yesterday.

Still nothing is really black and white, and this book just emphasizes that aspect.

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martyn_jones@iniciativas.com

rationalizes eta even when clearly a terrorist outfit.......1999-07-29

it's a partisan and biased account of a brutal and terrorist organization with both fascist and nazi features.it simplifies a rather complex situation and praises violence in its worst forms.

It's posible to study ETA using statistics!.......1999-07-10

An extraordinary vision of ETA evolution through the 60s and 70s. The fights, the politics and the repressions are observed by a new angle: the statistic data that the organization leave behind. Following other titles of Robert P. Clark, this book is essential for anyone that is interested in ETA and in the Basque country. Be aware: after you read this book, your perception of this terrorist organization will probably change. By Gonçalo Pereira

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Basque Nationalism
Stanley G. Payne
Manufacturer: University of Nevada Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KE2N5G

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The use of Finite Elements for the modelling of heat transfer problems is here described for the first time. Applicable in Mechanical, Civil as well as in Materials engineering, it copes with heat transfer in virtually any medium including polymers and ceramics. The essential theory is covered and full implementational details given including two FORTRAN programs. HEAT2D, a program capable of steady and transient, linear and nonlinear analyses of diffusive and convective heat transfer and its adaptive version HADAPT are also presented with full instructions and documented examples. The complete source code for both programs and sample input data files are provided on a floppy disc included with the book. The programs can be run on any computer with a FORTRAN 77 compiler.

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This book is badly written.......2001-06-21

I really has a bad experience with books written by the author H-C Huang. The other one, Plate & Shell, is also the same thing. I suspect what he did are just taking the source code from their research group, modify it and to make money out of it. All the codes in those books are "goto" code --- code filled with goto statement. I sincerely advice those who which to buy this book give it a second thought. The technique outlined in this book is out of date, and is really fundamental stuff. It lacks insight, motivation and does not show any realistic application of the FEM for heat transfer problem.

Finite Element Analysis In Heat Transfer: Basic Formulation & Linear Problems (Series in Computional and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences)

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Finite Element Analysis In Heat Transfer: Basic Formulation & Linear Problems (Series in Computional and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences)
Gianni Comini
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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ASIN: 156032354X

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This introductory text presents the applications of the finite element method to the analysis of conduction and convection problems. The book is divided into seven chapters which include basic ideas, application of these ideas to relevant problems, and development of solutions. Important concepts are illustrated with examples. Computer problems are also included to facilitate the types of solutions discussed.

The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer Analysis

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It is small book nicely written.

The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer Analysis
R. W. Lewis , Ken Morgan , H. R. Thomas , and K. N. Seetharamu
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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ASIN: 0471934240

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Heat transfer analysis is a problem of major significance in a vast range of industrial applications. These extend over the fields of mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering and numerous applications in civil and electrical engineering. If one considers the heat conduction equation alone the number of practical problems amenable to solution is extensive. Expansion of the work to include features such as phase change, coupled heat and mass transfer, and thermal stress analysis provides the engineer with the capability to address a further series of key engineering problems. The complexity of practical problems is such that closed form solutions are not generally possible. The use of numerical techniques to solve such problems is therefore considered essential, and this book presents the use of the powerful finite element method in heat transfer analysis. Starting with the fundamental general heat conduction equation, the book moves on to consider the solution of linear steady state heat conduction problems, transient analyses and non-linear examples. Problems of melting and solidification are then considered at length followed by a chapter on convection. The application of heat and mass transfer to drying problems and the calculation of both thermal and shrinkage stresses conclude the book. Numerical examples are used to illustrate the basic concepts introduced. This book is the outcome of the teaching and research experience of the authors over a period of more than 20 years.

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It is small book nicely written........2001-08-20

It is a small book nicely written. But with the price, it scares everybody away. One of the sections in this book is particularly useful for illustrating the technique of implementing non-linear calculation of heat transfer. I learned a great deal from there.

Decoupled modeling of chilled-water cooling coils.: An article from: ASHRAE Transactions

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Decoupled modeling of chilled-water cooling coils.: An article from: ASHRAE Transactions
Gang Wang , Mingsheng Liu , and David E. Claridge
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000S6JF20
Release Date: 2007-06-18

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This digital document is an article from ASHRAE Transactions, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 5861 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Decoupled modeling of chilled-water cooling coils.
Author: Gang Wang
Publication: ASHRAE Transactions (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
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Volume: 113 Issue: 1 Page: 484(10)

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Analysis for thermo-chemical decomposition of composite structures final report (SuDoc NAS 1.26:201073)

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Analysis for thermo-chemical decomposition of composite structures final report (SuDoc NAS 1.26:201073)
N. J. Salamon
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Development of advanced Navier-Stokes solver (SuDoc NAS 1.26:159094)

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Development of advanced Navier-Stokes solver (SuDoc NAS 1.26:159094)
Seokkwan Yoon
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Finite element analysis of nonlinear heat transfer problems (Report no)

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Finite element analysis of nonlinear heat transfer problems (Report no)
Ronald M Polivka
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A method for thermal analysis of spiral bevel gears (SuDoc NAS 1.15:106612)

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A method for thermal analysis of spiral bevel gears (SuDoc NAS 1.15:106612)
Robert F. Handschuh
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On finite element analysis of nonlinear heat transfer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Thesis. 1978. M.S)

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On finite element analysis of nonlinear heat transfer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Thesis. 1978. M.S)
Mohammad Reza Khoshgoftaar
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STARS, an integrated, multidisciplinary, finite-element, structural, fluids, aeroelastic, and aeroservoelastic analysis computer program (SuDoc NAS 1.15:4795)

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STARS, an integrated, multidisciplinary, finite-element, structural, fluids, aeroelastic, and aeroservoelastic analysis computer program (SuDoc NAS 1.15:4795)
K. K. Gupta
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