Book
California-ko ostatuak: a history of California's Basque hotels
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Echeverría, Jerónima (Jeri).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation presents a meticulously detailed study of the history of California's boardinghouses or hotels, known in the Basque language as OSTATUA (sing. OSTATUAK), from the mid nineteenth century to the 1980s. Echeverría outlines the earliest appearances of the OSTATUA, charts their expansion throughout California and the American West, and describes their present state of demise. The role of the OSTATUA within Basque-American culture and a description of how they operated is another important aspect of this dissertation. The author believes, based on the analysis of information from numerous interviews, that the boardinghouse/hotel complex was the most important institution among the Basque-Americans during the peak years of their immigration to the United States (ca. 1890-1940).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Pastoral activities
- Travel services
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- mid-nineteenth century - 1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Jerónima (Jeri) Echeverría
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of North Texas, 1988
- UM 8817022
- OSTATUAK -- boardinghouse, hotel -- Travel Services (485) (sometimes with Housing (362)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-282)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Basque Americans