Women in the Atlantic Revolutions: The Basque Case - Paperback

by Iker Echeberria Ayllón (Author)

What role did women of Basque origin play in the Atlantic
Revolutions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries? This book shows how
Basque women, both in the Basque Country and in America, played a significant
role in the warlike, revolutionary and disruptive processes of the period. We
cannot forget that several of the heroines of the American independence
processes came from Basque families. Meanwhile, on the other side of the
Atlantic Ocean, women in the Basque Country also had to face the warlike context
of the Napoleonic Wars and the collapse of the Ancien Régime.

The book compiles a multitude of female experiences and
their performance in difficult times: being victims of war, active subjects in
the war conflict, allies or detractors of one or another political cause, etc.
In short, this book banishes the traditional secondary role attributed to women
within these processes, critically redefining their value.

The book also analyses the discourses on femininity and the
virile woman developed within the Atlantic framework and the role played by the
Basques in the independence of America.

Author Biography

Iker Echeberria Ayllón holds a PhD in Modern History from
the University of the Basque Country. As a postdoctoral researcher at the
Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada-Reno and the University
of the Basque Country, he has developed various research projects on the
history of Basque women in the 18th century, such as the book Basque women's education in the 18th
century: an Atlantic issue. His
bibliography also includes the book La
plata embustera. Emociones y divorciando en la Guipúzcoa del siglo XVIII.