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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Echeverria, Jeronima, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, ©1999.
Colección:Basque series.
Temas:
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.
Business & Economics.
Industries.
West United States.
Verenigde Staten.
History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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