Home Away From Home: A History of Basque Boardinghouses

by Jeronima Echeverria

Overview

In this meticulously researched study of Basque boardinghouses in the United States, Jeronima Echeverria offers a compelling history of the institution that most deeply shaped Basque immigrant life and served as the center of Basque communities throughout the West. She weaves into her narrative the stories of the boarding house owners and operators and the ways they made their establishments a home away from home for their fellow compatriots, as well as the stories of the young Basques who left the security of their beloved homeland to find work in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874173918
Publisher:	University of Nevada Press
Publication date:	11/01/1999
Series:	The Basque Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Jeronima Echeverria is Associate Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of History at California State University, Fresno. Among her fondest childhood memories are the southern California sheep ranch where she grew up, the Spanish Basque parents who raised her there, and the ethnic boardinghouses she visited with her family on Sundays and special occasions.

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations List of Maps List of Tables Preface Prologue. Lentxo: Coming to Amerika, Basque-Style One. From Euskal Herria to the New World Two. From the Mother Lode to the Great Basin Three. Ostatu Amerikanuak: The Basque-American Boardinghouse Four. The Earliest Hotels Five. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Two Early Basque Towns Six. Southern California's Spin-Off Hotels: The Legacy of Los Angeles's Early Basque Town Seven. The Golden Years in the Great Basin and Beyond Eight. Boise's Basque Town and Its Spin-Offs Nine. Stockton's Basque Town and Northern California Ostatuak Ten. Inside the Ostatu Euskalduna Eleven. Etxeko Amak Second Mothers: The Women of the Basque Boardinghouses Twelve. Basque Boardinghouses in Other Settings Thirteen. Agur Ostatuak Epilogue. Agur Lentxo Appendix A. Basque Population in the United States 1980 and 1990 Appendix B. Chronological Listing of Ostatuak Appendix C. Ostatuak and Their Owners/Operators Notes Glossary Bibliography Index