essay
Basque immigrants: contrasting patterns of adaptation in Argentina and the American West
currents in anthropology : essays in honor of sol tax • The Hague • Published In 1979 • Pages: 287-303
By: Douglass, William A..
Abstract
In this article, Douglass examines the New World history of one European immigrant group, the Basques of southwestern France and north-central Spain, who settled on the Argentine pampas of South America and in western United States. Despite the fact that both groups participated in sheep raising as a common economic denominator, the two Basque colonies evolved culturally along two different lines. The comparative data on these two groups make up the bulk of this document (see categories 105, 171, and 181). Information strictly related to the Basques of the American West deals largely with conflicts with the cattlemen of the area, and government legislations designed to curb the growth of the Basque sheep-herding industry.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- nineteenth-mid-twentieth centuries
- Coverage Place
- United States
- Notes
- William A. Douglass
- Includes bibliographical references (p.302-303)
- LCCN
- 81150828
- LCSH
- Basque Americans