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Culture summaryessay 1997 • Douglass, William A.
Basque Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a culture summary of the Basque Americans....Basque immigrantsessay 1979 • Douglass, William A.
Basque Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
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 ...Basquesessay 1981 • Douglass, William A.
Basque Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a brief summary of Basque ethnography in the American West from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1970s. Much of the material presented here reinforces, and to some extent modifies, the cultural data appearing in 4: Douglass in this file. Som...Basques in the American Westessay 1992 • Douglass, William A.
Basque Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This article focuses on the Basque sheep herders in the western United States, with less emphasis on herding routines and technology, and more on the environmental adjustments of the herders. Douglass discusses the physical attributes of the herders'...Culture summaryessay 2001 • Douglass, William A.
Basques • Europe > Southern Europe
This is a culture summary on the Basques....Echalar and MurelagaBook 1975 • Douglass, William A.
Basques • Europe > Southern Europe
This study combines the results of the author's field work with archival research to present a processual analysis of social, economic, and demographic change in two Spanish Basque villages -- Echalar in Navarra Province and Murélaga in Vizcaya (Bizk...Death in MurelagaBook 1969 • Douglass, William A.
Basques • Europe > Southern Europe
This is a study of funerals, mourning, and memorials in the Spanish Basque town of Murélaga. The author very elegantly shows the relationships and interaction among Catholic dogma and ritual, local funerary customs, and the social structure of Muréla...AmerikanuakBook 1975 • Douglass, William A. & Bilbao, Jon
Basque Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is primarily an historical study of the Basques of the American West based on oral histories, personal observations, questionnaires, official records, newspaper files, and published sources. As background to understanding the Basque character th...