Home away from home : a history of Basque boardinghouses /
The transition to American life for Basques immigrating to the U.S. in the mid-nineteenth century was eased by the numerous Basque-run boardinghouses located throughout the American West. These boardinghouses and hotels helped immigrants minimize cultural shock and enjoy the companionship and suppor...
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| Language: | English |
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Reno :
University of Nevada Press,
[1999], ©1999
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| Series: | Basque series
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style 1
- 1 From Euskal Herria to the New World 13
- 2 From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin 24
- 3 Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse 36
- 4 The Earliest Hotels 62
- 5 Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns 75
- 6 Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town 103
- 7 The Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond 134
- 8 Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs 166
- 9 Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak 191
- 10 Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna 204
- 11 Etxeko Amak, Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses 218
- 12 Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings 231
- 13 Agur Ostatuak 238
- Epilogue: Agur Lentxo 247
- Appendix A Basque Population in the United States, 1980 and 1990 252
- Appendix B Chronological Listing of Ostatuak 256
- Appendix C Ostatuak and Their Owners/Operators 264
- Prologue: Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style
- 1 From Euskal Herria to the New World
- 2. From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin
- 3. Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse
- 4. Earliest Hotels
- 5. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns
- 6. Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town
- 7. Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond
- 8. Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs
- 9. Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak
- 10. Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna
- 11. Etxeko Amak, Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses
- 12. Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings
- 13. Agur Ostatuak
- Epilogue / Agur Lentxo
- App. A. Basque Population in the United States, 1980 and 1990
- App. B. Chronological Listing of Ostatuak
- App. C. Ostatuak and Their Owners/Operators.
- Prologue: Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style
- 1 From Euskal Herria to the New World
- 2. From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin
- 3. Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse
- 4. The Earliest Hotels
- 5. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns
- 6. Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town
- 7. The Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond
- 8. Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs
- 9. Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak
- 10. Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna
- 11. Etxeko Amak, Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses
- 12. Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings
- 13. Agur Ostatuak
- Epilogue / Agur Lentxo
- App. A. Basque Population in the United States, 1980 and 1990
- App. B. Chronological Listing of Ostatuak
- App. C. Ostatuak and Their Owners/Operators.
- Prologue: Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style
- 1 From Euskal Herria to the New World
- 2. From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin
- 3. Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse
- 4. The Earliest Hotels
- 5. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns
- 6. Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town
- 7. The Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond
- 8. Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs
- 9. Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak
- 10. Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna
- 11. Etxeko Amak, Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses
- 12. Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings
- 13. Agur Ostatuak
- Epilogue / Agur Lentxo.