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Basques
Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1981 • Pages: 173-179
By: Douglass, William A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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. Some very limited information is also to be found in this article on Basque concentrations in eastern United States, namely in New York City, the greater Miami area, and in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Pastoral activities
- Travel services
- Ethnic stratification
- Sodalities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Basque Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- nineteenth century-1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William A. Douglass
- Includes bibliographical references (p.178-179)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80017756
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Basque Americans