Home away from home : a history of Basque boardinghouses / Jeronima Echeverria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Echeverria, Jeronima, 1946- author.

Series:

The Basque Series

Basque series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hotels--History--West (U.S.).

Hotels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 359 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

"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.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780874173918

0874173914

OCLC:

45731708