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- catalog abstract ""Covering more than five centuries of history, Azcona examines the roles and fates of the Basques who came to the New World. He also studies the impact of the New World on the Basque Country, from the importance in the modern Basque diet of such American foodstuffs as corn and beans to the encouragement given to traditional Basque industries by the colonizers' demand for ships and iron tools. He considers the role of Basques in the Spanish imperial expeditions of exploration and conquest; their participation in transatlantic commerce and communication; and their importance to the settlement and continuity of the American empire as merchants, administrators, ecclesiastics, missionaries, farmers, artisans, and businessmen. Among them were such distinguished personages as Juan de Zumarraga, the first bishop of Mexico; Juan Bautista de Anza, governor of Spanish California; and the sixteenth-century merchant Simon Bolivar, whose eponymous descendant achieved immortality as a leader of the Latin American independence movement." "Possible Paradises is a major contribution to the study of the Basque diaspora and to Latin American history in its broadest sense. Enhanced by numerous maps, tables and graphs, name lists, and photographs, Possible Paradises records the role of a single distinctive and culturally cohesive ethnic group in one of the greatest migration movements in human history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13017416.
- catalog coverage "America Emigration and immigration History.".
- catalog coverage "País Vasco (Spain) Emigration and immigration History.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Covering more than five centuries of history, Azcona examines the roles and fates of the Basques who came to the New World. He also studies the impact of the New World on the Basque Country, from the importance in the modern Basque diet of such American foodstuffs as corn and beans to the encouragement given to traditional Basque industries by the colonizers' demand for ships and iron tools. He considers the role of Basques in the Spanish imperial expeditions of exploration and conquest; their participation in transatlantic commerce and communication; and their importance to the settlement and continuity of the American empire as merchants, administrators, ecclesiastics, missionaries, farmers, artisans, and businessmen. Among them were such distinguished personages as Juan de Zumarraga, the first bishop of Mexico; Juan Bautista de Anza, governor of Spanish California; and the sixteenth-century merchant Simon Bolivar, whose eponymous descendant achieved immortality as a leader of the Latin American independence movement." "Possible Paradises is a major contribution to the study of the Basque diaspora and to Latin American history in its broadest sense. Enhanced by numerous maps, tables and graphs, name lists, and photographs, Possible Paradises records the role of a single distinctive and culturally cohesive ethnic group in one of the greatest migration movements in human history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-521) and index.".
- catalog description "The Basque country at the time of Columbus -- Mastery of the land -- Colonial commerce -- Basque Americans -- The overseas destinations -- The human deluge to Rió de la Plata -- Foundations of the recent exodus -- The bureaucracy, the dreamed of voyage, and the typology of the emigrant -- Dramatic exile -- The future of the Basque-American communities.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 568 p., [12] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Possible paradises.".
- catalog identifier "0874174449 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Possible paradises.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Basque series".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng spa".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reno : University of Nevada Press,".
- catalog relation "Possible paradises.".
- catalog spatial "America Emigration and immigration History.".
- catalog spatial "America".
- catalog spatial "País Vasco (Spain) Emigration and immigration History.".
- catalog subject "980/.0049992 21".
- catalog subject "Basque Americans History.".
- catalog subject "Basques America History.".
- catalog subject "E29.B35 A98 2004".
- catalog subject "Immigrants America History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Basque country at the time of Columbus -- Mastery of the land -- Colonial commerce -- Basque Americans -- The overseas destinations -- The human deluge to Rió de la Plata -- Foundations of the recent exodus -- The bureaucracy, the dreamed of voyage, and the typology of the emigrant -- Dramatic exile -- The future of the Basque-American communities.".
- catalog title "Possible paradises : Basque emigration to Latin America / José Manuel Azcona Pastor ; forward by William A. Douglass ; translation by Roland Vazquez.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".