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Catalunya, One Nation, Two States

An Ethnographic Study of Nonviolent Resistance to Assimilation

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  • © 2006

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  1. Alexander Alland
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  2. Sonia Alland
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 1-5

  3. The How and Why of This Book

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 7-35

  4. Framing the Study: The Origin and Meaning of Nationalism

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 37-64

  5. The People of Cerbère Speak

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 65-92

  6. The People of Portbou Speak

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 93-114

  7. A New Direction

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 115-132

  8. The State of Catalan in Rosselló (Roussillon)

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 133-148

  9. Northern Catalans Speak

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 149-173

  10. Language and Identity on the Horns of a Dilemma

    • Alexander Alland Jr., Sonia Alland
    Pages 175-189

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 191-209
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This book deals with the culture of Catalan resistance to assimilation, through the maintenance of the Catalan language as an expression of identity. This book argues that the Catalans also developed a series of cultural mechanisms to foster identity through intellectual and recreational pursuits, as well as through an emphasis on language.

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"This gracefully written ethnography of two adjacent Catalan towns - one in France and one in Spain - is suffused with the often poignant voices in three languages of people on both sides of the border. Only rarely has an anthropological community study been employed so effectively to shed light on state policies, the politics of language, and macro-level processes of ethnic, regional and national identity formation." - Marc Edelman, Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

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ALEXANDER ALLAND, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Columbia University, US.

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