Sagebrush Laborersbasque immigrants in Nevada’s sheep industry, international dimensions, and the making of an agricultural workforce, 1880-1954
- Coro Rubio Pobes Director
- Xabier Irujo Amézaga Director
Universidade de defensa: Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Fecha de defensa: 29 de abril de 2016
- Coro Rubio Pobes Presidente/a
- Xabier Irujo Amézaga Secretario/a
- Joseba Zulaika Vogal
Tipo: Tese
Resumo
This study explores the history of Basque inmigration to the rangelands of Nevada. It views the Basque inmigrant sheepherder labor within the social, economic, political and cultural contex of Nevada. Tensions and conflicts ocurred as inmigran workers confronted new environments, new labor conditions, and new social adjustments in the context of their new inmigrant status.