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Echalar and Murelaga C. Hurst & Company of London recently published a book by William A. Douglass entitled Echalar and Murelaga: Opportunity and Rural Exodus in Two Spanish Basque Villages (222 pp., price £8). The work gives the social, economic and demographic history of Echalar, Navarra and Murelaga, Vizcaya over the past 100 years. It examines the courses and consequences of emigration from the two villages and attempts to understand why Echalar has undergone considerably more depopulation than has Murelaga. The book includes a detained description of agricultural practices and family organization. At the same time, it discusses the ways in which two traditional Pyrenean peasant villages have reacted to the modern twentieth century world. The American edition of this work was published by St. Martin’s Press (New York) and sells for $19.95. Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World The latest title in the Basque Book Series has just been released. Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World, co-authored by William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbao, is now available from the University of Nevada Press. The book presents an overview of five centuries of Basque contributions to New World history. Particular attention is given to a comparison of the role of the Basque sheepmen of the American West and the Argentine pampas. The book contains more than 500 pages of text and many photographs. Price: $16.00. |
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