登入選單
返回Google圖書搜尋
The Basques of New York
Gloria Pilar Totoricaguena
其他書名
A Cosmopolitan Experience
出版Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, 2004
主題History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)Social Science / Emigration & ImmigrationSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / European American StudiesSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General
ISBN18778023879781877802386
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=U8l4AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Generations of Basques in New York have vibrantly exercised their culture, language, values, and traditions, transmitting to their children a robust sense of ethnic identity. In today's world of globalization it is often assumed that particular communities are disappearing as a consequence of the factors of homogenization. However, the Basques have proved this false. Depicting Basque mutual aid societies, language courses, musical and dance troupes, cuisine classes, community activities, sport, political involvement, and ties to homeland institutions are just a few of the ingredients which mix to compose the chapters of this work. Readers will learn about the history and reasons why Basques left the Pyrenees of northern Spain and southern France from the personal experiences of political and economic exiles' oral histories. Original archival research allows us to discover the features of the early 1900s Centro Vasco-Americano, the Basque Government-in-exile Delegation in New York, and the development of Basque organizations. "Basqueness" is being redefined in this transnational cosmopolitan community, and with the pioneer spirit of their ancestors, latter generation Basques are nurturing and promoting Basque culture and identity to the world.