Expelled from the motherland
Subtitle: the government of president Jose Antonio Agirre in exile, 1937-1960
By: by Xabier Irujo ; translated by Cameron Watson and Jennifer Ottman
Series: Basque politics series -- no. 2
Publisher: Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781935709206
Subjects: Politics and government; Governments in exile; Presidents; Autonomy and independence movements; Political refugees; Exile; Nationalism; History
Description: "Draws on archival and documentary evidence to describe the presidency and exile of Basque president Jose Antonio Agirre, who led the Basque government-in-exile following the Spanish Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the principal characteristics of the 1936 Basque exile; title: Origins of the Basque autonomous state and Basque nationalist ideology in 1936; title: The summer of 1936 : the first Basque exile; title: The exodus of thirty-two thousand Basque children; title: Barcelona, June 1937-Spring 1939; title: Paris, April 1939-May 1940; title: London, May 1940-October 1941; title: New York, October 1941-Spring 1945; title: Paris, 1946-1956, the United Nations struggle; title: The 1950 political crisis and the redefinition of the government-in-exile; title: The 1950 political crisis, Christian democracy, and a federation of European nations; title: Strikes and academic conferences : cultural action and political resistance, 1943-1954; title: Rethinking resistance after the collapse of a political project, 1956-1960; title: President Jose Antonio Agirre's death in exile; title: Final considerations.