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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11532000.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style -- 1. From Euskal Herria to the New World -- 2. From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin -- 3. Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse -- 4. The Earliest Hotels -- 5. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns -- 6. Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town -- 7. The Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond -- 8. Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs -- 9. Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak -- 10. Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna -- 11. Etxeko Amak, Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses -- 12. Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings -- 13. Agur Ostatuak -- Epilogue / Agur Lentxo.".
- catalog extent "xv, 359 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0874173299 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Basque series".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reno : University of Nevada Press,".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "647.9478/03/0899992 21".
- catalog subject "Basque Americans West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "Boardinghouses West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "Hotels West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "TX909 .E28 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style -- 1. From Euskal Herria to the New World -- 2. From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin -- 3. Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse -- 4. The Earliest Hotels -- 5. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns -- 6. Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town -- 7. The Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond -- 8. Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs -- 9. Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak -- 10. Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna -- 11. Etxeko Amak, Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses -- 12. Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings -- 13. Agur Ostatuak -- Epilogue / Agur Lentxo.".
- catalog title "Home away from home : a history of Basque boardinghouses / Jeronima Echeverria.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".