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Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbao, 2005 (reprint), $XXX (paper). 519 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-625-5. Comprehensive survey of Basque migration and settlement in the Americas, beginning with an overview of their history in the homeland. Originally published in 1975, this reprint includes a new preface by W. Douglass. |
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Identity, Culture, and Politics in the Basque Diaspora Gloria Totoricagüena, 2003, $39.95 (cloth). 312 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-547-X. Research of Basque immigration in six countries, including numerous personal interviews, gives an understanding of how and why Basques in the diaspora have maintained their ethnic identity over several generations. A major contribution to our knowledge of the Basques and their cultural traditions. |
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The New World Inside a Basque Village: The Oiartzun Valley and Its Atlantic Immigrants, 1550–1800 Juan Javier Pescador, 2003, $39.95 (cloth). 216 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-570-4. Native sons returning to the Basque Country from the Americas after years of hard work and wealth-building brought new attitudes and beliefs in addition to economic gains. As the press release states, “The Basque achievement in the New World was fueled by places like Oiartzun, and in turn the New World reshaped every aspect of life in this ancient community.” |
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Chorizos in an Iron Skillet Memories and Recipes from an American Basque Daughter. Mary Ancho Davis, 2001, $21.95 (paper). 224 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-445-7. The author shares special memories from her mother Dominga’s kitchen on the family’s Basque ranch. Heartwarming anecdotes and family photos are interspersed with recipes for a variety of hearty dishes. |
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Speaking through the Aspens. Basque Tree Carvings in California and Nevada J. Mallea-Olaetxe, 2000, $39.95 (cloth). 248 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-358-2. Illustrated with nearly a hundred photographs, this book describes and depicts the mysterious carvings left on aspen trees by Basque sheepherders. Historian J. Mallea-Olaetxe has spent over two decades recording and studying these arborglyphs, as well as interviewing former herders and camp tenders in order to better understand their experiences tending sheep in the mountains of the American West. |
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Portraits of Basques in the New World Richard W. Etulain and Jeronima Echeverria, eds., 1999, $34.95 (cloth). 328 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-329-9. Thirteen essays are divided among three sections on The Basque Diaspora in the New World, Immigration and Assimilation, and Modern Basques. “Etulain and Echeverria…recapture the dramatic accounts of immigrant success stories….The volume closed with examples of how contemporary Basques are trying to preserve their heritage as we approach the twenty-first century.” —Howard R. Lamar, Yale University |
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A Book of the Basques Rodney Gallop, 1998, $24.95 (paper). 336 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-316-7. An overview of Basque culture, first published in 1930. Gives a brief history, discussing possible origins of the Basque people, and highlights their language, culture, sports, dance, and art forms. |
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A Travel Guide to Basque America. Familes, Feasts, and Festivals Nancy Zubiri, 1998, $21.95 (paper). 576 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-289-6. The first guide to America’s little-known but thriving Basque-American communities, including comprehensive, annotated lists of hotels, restaurants, clubs, festivals, and more. |
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Improvisational Poetry from the Basque Country Gorka Aulestia, 1995, $44.95 (cloth). 272 pages. Foreword by William Douglass; trans. by Lisa Corcostegui and Linda White. ISBN: 0- 87417-201-2. A scholarly work on the Basque bertsolari, “the artist in Basque society who is capable of improvising verse on any subject spontaneously and setting it to music.” Looks at bertsolari competitions, in which these troubadours challenge one another in a public venue, drawing thousands of listeners. |
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Basque Dance John Ysursa, 1995, $10.95 (paper). 120 pages. ISBN: 1-886609-03-9 [Tamarack Books; distributed by U. of Nevada Press]. |
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The Circle of Mountains A Basque Shepherding Community. Sandra Ott, 1993, $16.95 (paper). 272 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-224-1. Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within a French Basque agrarian and shepherding community. An afterword to this edition discusses changes in the development of the community and its traditions. (Also published in Basque by Gaiak Argitaldaria (1995/96) and in French by ____(2001).) |
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Korrika: Basque Ritual for Ethnic Identity Teresa del Valle; Linda White, trans.; 1993, $44.95 (cloth). 264 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-215-2. “Korrika” is a ritual annual relay in which each person runs for one kilometer, bearing a special baton engraved with a message in Euskara, the Basque language. This academic work looks at the emergence of this race, intended to generate popular support for Euskara, as a modern ritual for expressing Basque identity throughout all seven Basque territories. |
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Solitude. Art and Symbolism in the National Basque Monument Carmelo Urza, 1993, $34.95 (cloth). 264 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-205-5. Discusses the planning, fundraising, and execution of the project to create a National Monument to the Basque Sheepherder that is located in Reno, Nevada and designed by renowned Basque sculptor Nestor Basterrechea. |
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Traditional Basque Cooking. History and Preparation José María Busca Isusi, 1993, $21.95 (paper). 212 pages. ISBN: 0-87417-202-0. Detailed historical information on traditional Basque foodways is followed by a recipe section of vegetables, fish, meat dishes, and desserts from this renowned ethnic cuisine. |
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