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Author Echeverria, Jeronima, 1946-

Title Home away from home : a history of Basque boardinghouses / Jeronima Echeverria
Published Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Basque series
Basque series.
Contents Prologue Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style -- From Euskal Herria to the New World -- From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin -- Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse -- The Earliest Hotels -- Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns -- Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town -- The Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond -- Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs -- Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak -- Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna -- Etxeko Amak, Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses -- Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings -- Agur Ostatuak -- Epilogue: Agur Lentxo -- Basque Population in the United States, 1980 and 1990 -- Chronological Listing of Ostatuak -- Ostatuak and Their Owners/Operators
Summary "The transition to American life for Basques immigrating to the U.S. in the mid-nineteenth century was eased by the numerous Basque-run boardinghouses located throughout the American West. These boarding-houses and hotels helped immigrants minimize cultural shock and enjoy the companionship and support of their countrymen. Many served as informal employment agencies, as recreational centers for traditional handball games, and as social and cultural centers."--Jacket
"In this meticulously researched study of Basque boardinghouses in the United States, Jeronima Echeverria offers a history of the institution that most deeply shaped Basque immigrant life and served as the center of Basque communities throughout the West. She weaves into her narrative the stories of the boardinghouse owners and operators and the ways they made their establishments a home away from home for their fellow compatriots, as well as the stories of the young Basques who left the security of their beloved homeland to find work in the U.S."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-342) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Hotels -- West (U.S.) -- History
Boardinghouses -- West (U.S.) -- History
Basque Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Small Business.
Basque Americans
Boardinghouses
Hotels
Basken.
Immigranten.
Pensions.
Hotels.
Business & Economics.
Industries.
West United States
Verenigde Staten.
Genre/Form History
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 99020593
ISBN 0874173914
9780874173918