An Enduring Legacy: The Story Of Basques In Idaho

by Mark Bieter, John Bieter

Overview

In this volume, brothers Mark and John Bieter chronicle three generations of Basque presence in Idaho from 1890 to the present, resulting in an engaging story that begins with a few solitary sheepherders and follows their evolution into the prominent ethnic community of today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874176360
Publisher:	University of Nevada Press
Publication date:	12/01/2003
Series:	The Basque Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

John Bieter is a professor at Boise State University and director of the Cenarrusa Center for Basque Studies.

Mark Bieter is an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, DC. He received his B.A. from Gonzaga University and his J.D. from Duke University.

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
I	The Immigrant Generation	7
1	An Ancient People	17
2	The Trip to Idaho	30
3	Boardinghouses: The Closest Thing to Home	42
4	Idahoans Get to Know the Basques	55
II	The Hyphenated Generation	67
5	Into the Crucible	73
6	The Decline of Basque Entry and Culture	80
7	Wartime: A Point of Departure	88
8	A Subculture Is Born	98
III	The Ethnic Generation	109
9	The Oinkari Basque Dancers	115
10	The Modern Basque Country	125
11	The End of an Era	138
12	New Relations	149
	Epilogue	159
	Notes	161
	Selected Bibliography	173
	Index	181