Home away from home : a history of Basque boardinghouses /
"In this meticulously researched study of Basque boardinghouses in the United States, Jeronima Echeverria offers a 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 stori...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Reno, Nev. :
University of Nevada Press,
©1999.
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| Edice: | Basque series.
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| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=28138 |
| Shrnutí: | "In this meticulously researched study of Basque boardinghouses in the United States, Jeronima Echeverria offers a 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 boardinghouse 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 U.S."--Jacket. |
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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-342) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0874173914 9780874173918 0874173299 |