Essays Tagged: "Basque"

This is an Essay on Women's Fashion from the 1920's. Not only does it describe material fashion but also hairstyles.

d trims. The long straight style had many variations. One of the extremely popular fashions was the Basque dress or Robe de style. This dress style is best known from the designer Jeanne Lanvin. It is ...

(2 pages) 79 0 4.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Eurocity Bayonne san sebastian

THE BASQUE EUROCITYBAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÁNTHE STRATEGY : OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONSTHE BASQUE EUROCITY : ... ACTIONSTHE BASQUE EUROCITY : BAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÁNTHE STRATEGY : OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONS1. THE BASQUE EUROCITY BAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÁN1.1.Presentation of the area. Its past and future relati ... ng actions of the territory.3.2. Sectorial policies4.ACADEMIC REFLEXION AND PRESENCE IN NETWORKSTHE BASQUE EUROCITY BAYONNE-SAN SEBASTIÁN1.1 Presentation of the area. Its past and future relati ...

(18 pages) 42 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Women Taking Action

e main dress styles were dropped waist lines and short skirts, and the popular dresses were called "Basque dress" or "Robe de style." These types of styles were a mixture between the straight silhouet ...

(6 pages) 118 1 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"Women Taking Action"

. The main dress styles were dropped waist lines and short skirts. The popular dresses were called "Basque dress" or "Robe de style" ("Social Trends"). These types of styles were a mixture between the ...

(6 pages) 56 2 4.6 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Basques

The Basque people can be found throughout the world with one of the major areas that of the Spain and So ... ne of the major areas that of the Spain and Southern France. The focus of this paper will be on the Basque people of North Western Spain and South Western France. This area is known as País Vas ... n Spain and South Western France. This area is known as País Vasco in Spanish and Euskadi in Basque. It is a small region that is about the size of Rhode Island that is straddled between the At ...

(4 pages) 99 2 4.9 Oct/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

SPAIN:topography,culture,government,and more

l language nationwide is Castilian Spanish. Other languages in Spain include Catalan, Galician, and Basque. Some of the countries major exports are textiles, apparel, food, beverages, metals, chemical ...

(3 pages) 50 0 4.1 Feb/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Spain - A Business Approach

nationalities and regions, which comprise of the entire Spanish nation. Major ethnic groups include Basques, Catalians, Galicians, Andalusians, Valencians, Asturaians, Navarrese, Aragonese as well as ... n by 74 percent of the population, Catalian Spanish spoken by 17 percent, Galician by 7 percent and Basque language spoken by some 2 percent of the people living in Spain.Spain enjoys a healthy 97 per ...

(9 pages) 32 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The Basque People and Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)

The actions of the Basque terrorist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna have been the cause of great unrest in Spain for severa ... lved in hundreds of acts of bombings, assassinations, and kidnappings in the name of an independent Basque country out of provinces in Spain and France. Having been operated in nearly 200 different ce ... n. In its long and violent history, ETA has left a legacy of murderous violence.The conflict in the Basque-dominated areas of Spain and France has a long and troublesome history. For as long as 75 BCE ...

(5 pages) 26 0 0.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Counter Terrorism Implications Involving an International Terror Organization

is deeply rooted in a culture yet crosses international boundaries.First of all, for centuries, the Basque region in Europe, including portions of France and Spain, has had its own identity to include ... that and in turn created a climate for nationalists to turn into international terrorists. Will the Basque region be subject to the growth of internationalism in Europe? Or will the seeds of democracy ...

(11 pages) 96 0 4.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Self-Determination for National Minorities

lves have had problems with a group known as the ETA, who fights to gain self-determination for the Basque people in north-western Spain. In this essay, the Aboriginals and Quebecers of Canada and the ... 's necessary to obtain their objectives or goals. Euskadi Ta Azkatasuna, ETA, whose name stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom, first emerged in the 1960s as a student resistance movement bitterly op ...

(11 pages) 44 0 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway: Lady Brett - The Promiscuous Protagonist

you will see that the point of significance in this particular passage pertains to the peasants in Basque putting her on a wine cask and dancing around her, literally forming a circle around her. Eve ... he Sun Also Rises revolves around the tragic hero, both literally and figuratively. The peasants in Basque represent this from start to finish. Without Brett there really is no story. Brett is the cau ...

(6 pages) 19 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Saving California Languages by Katharine Whittmore

f all worlds' languages are considered threatened including Australian aboriginal dialects and even Basque and Breton because they are not officially taught in school.Languages: Yowlumni, Wukchumen, a ...

(4 pages) 1534 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Research Paper on Commercial Whaling

ling scenes"1. The earliest written record of Norwegian whaling dates from about 890 A.D.It was the Basque people of southern France and northern Spain that established the first large whaling industr ... France and northern Spain that established the first large whaling industry in Europe. At first the Basque hunted baleen whales in the Bay of Biscay near the shore from small open boats. The whalers m ...

(8 pages) 23 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology