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Home Away From Home: A History of Basque Boardinghouses
University of Nevada Press, 1999 Paper: 978-1-948908-52-8 | Cloth: 978-0-87417-329-1 | eISBN: 978-0-87417-391-8 Library of Congress Classification TX909.E28 1999 Dewey Decimal Classification 647.947803089999
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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. See other books on: Basque Americans | Boardinghouses | Echeverria, Jeronima | Home Away | Hotels See other titles from University of Nevada Press |
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Home Away From Home: A History of Basque Boardinghouses
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
University of Nevada Press, 1999
Paper: 978-1-948908-52-8
Cloth: 978-0-87417-329-1
eISBN: 978-0-87417-391-8
Paper: 978-1-948908-52-8
Cloth: 978-0-87417-329-1
eISBN: 978-0-87417-391-8
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.
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