Book
Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World
University of Nevada Press • Reno, Nevada • Published In 1975 • Pages: xiv, 519
By: Douglass, William A., Bilbao, Jon.
Abstract
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 the authors present a lengthy section of text (pp. 9-176) dealing with European Basque history from the prehistoric period to their early migrations to South America in the early nineteenth century. This information has been indexed for category 170 in the N018 North American Basque file. In dealing with the Basques of the American West, Douglass and Bilbao begin with the missionary period in Spanish California in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, then proceed to a discsussion of Basque immigration to the area in the mid-nineteenth century, their initial employment in the mining industry, their eventual involvement in sheep herding, and finally their migration to other regions of the United States. One chapter of particular interest in the book deals with the degree to which the Basque-Americans have maintained their ethnicity in spite of the acculturative pressure of the dominant American society.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field Date
- 1967-1974
- Coverage Date
- mid-nineteenth century-1970s
- Coverage Place
- United States
- Notes
- William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbao
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-519)
- LCCN
- 75030830
- LCSH
- Basque Americans