Basque Immigrants and Nevada''s Sheep Industry - Geopolitics and the Making of an Agricultural Workforce, 1880-1954

Offers a rich and complex exploration of the history of Basque immigration to the rangelands of Nevada and the interior West. The book looks critically at the Basque sheepherders in the American West and more broadly at the modern history of American foreign relations with Spain after the Second World War.

Summary

Offers a rich and complex exploration of the history of Basque immigration to the rangelands of Nevada and the interior West. The book looks critically at the Basque sheepherders in the American West and more broadly at the modern history of American foreign relations with Spain after the Second World War.

Product details

• Authors: Iker Saitua
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781943859993
• ISBN: 978-1-943859-99-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Basque; Basque; The Basque Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous