The explosion of digital information and communication technologies has
influenced
almost every aspect of contemporary life. Diasporas in the New Media
Age is the first book-length examination of the social use of these
technologies
by emigrants and diasporas around the world. The eighteen original
essays in
the book explore the personal, familial, and social impact of modern
communication
technology on populations of European, Asian, African, Caribbean, Middle
Eastern, and Latin American emigrants. It also looks at the role and
transformation
of such concepts as identity, nation, culture, and community in the
era of information technology and economic globalization. The
contributors,
who represent a number of disciplines and national origins, also take a
range of
approaches—empirical, theoretical, and rhetorical—and combine case
studies
with thoughtful analysis.
Diasporas in the New Media Age is both a discussion of the use of
communication
technologies by various emigrant groups and an engaging account of the
immigrant experience in the contemporary world. It offers important
insights
into the ways that dispersed populations are using digital media to
maintain
ties with their families and homeland, and to create new communities
that preserve
their culture and reinforce their sense of identity. In addition, the
book is
a significant contribution to our understanding of the impact of
technology on
society in general.
Edited by Pedro J.
Oiarzabal with Andoni Alonso
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information, please contact the
Under the Spanish Empire many
Basques played key roles in the establishment of settlements throughout
California with particular emphasis on today's San Francisco Bay Area. In 1774
Basque Creole Juan Bautista de Anza explored the San Francisco Bay and located
the sites for Mission Dolores and the San Francisco Presidio. Anza’s second in
command, José Joaquín Moraga, and Father Francisco Palóu founded the mission
in June of 1776 and royal presidio in December of the same year.
Basque immigration continued as the
region changed from Spanish, to Mexican, to American hands in the nineteenth
century. Waves of Basque immigrants migrated especially in the nineteenth and
early twentieth century, when many Basques arrived to work as sheepherders
across the American West. Many also settled in San Francisco, where they formed
landscaping enterprises, bakeries, boardinghouses and restaurants among many
other businesses. As their population grew, they also formed associations,
culminating in the building of the Basque Cultural Center in South San
Francisco, which is an important meeting point for Basques in the area to this day.
Written by Pedro J.
Oiarzabal
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information, please contact the
A Candle in the Night chronicles the history of the Center for Basque Studies, as remembered by many of those who were most important in its foundation and development. It also offers much valuable information about the center’s offspring, including the Basque Studies Library (the main repository of information about all things Basque for the English speaking world), the Basque Book Series of the University of Nevada Press (one of the most successful ethnic series published by an academic press in the United States), and the University Studies Abroad Consortium, (one of the largest programs of its kind in the world.)
Edited by Pedro J. Oiarzabal
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La Identidad Vasca en el Mundo (The Basque Identity in the World: Identity Narratives beyond Frontiers) is the result of research that took place in 2002, in which twenty countries, where Basques have an institutional presence in either the diaspora or the Basque Country, participated. Basques of different ages, generations, diverse socio-economic and historical backgrounds, political traditions, and geographical locations define in their own words the meaning of being Basque in a globalized world.
Written by Agustín M. Oiarzabal and Pedro J. Oiarzabal
ORDERS FROM EUROPE: Bookstores, retailers, and individual buyers, please contact Ibaizabal Denda (Bilbao, Basque Country) at liburudenda@ibaizabal.biz
