Iker Saitua
Biographic Data
| ID | 3497192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iker Saitua |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iker |
| FAMILY NAME | Saitua |
| SIGNATURE | SAITUA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Basque Country |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8367-7070 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
That sticky feeling
This article examines wool cooperatives in the American West between 1880 and 1930, demonstrating how institutional requirements systematically transformed democratic marketing organizations through capacity-based selection pressures. Analysis of government reports and trade publications reveals that individual associations experienced extreme volatility despite aggregate growth statistics, with survival rates correlating strongly with organizati…
Killing for Mutual Benefit
This article examines predator management strategies in late nineteenth-century Montana, focusing on the establishment and implications of bounty systems aimed at controlling predator populations threatening the burgeoning sheep industry. During this period, Montana woolgrowers faced significant economic challenges from predators, primarily coyotes. In response, they developed cooperative bounty systems that incentivized predator extermination. W…
Shrinking Pastures
This article examines the growth and decline of the sheep industry in the American West between 1860 and 1920, particularly the effects of legislative actions concerning access to public lands. It looks at how woolgrowers handled relationships with other land users, how the industry responded to regulatory frameworks, and how these dynamics affected the structure and sustainability of the wool trade. The study, based primarily on government recor…
Labor Freezing”
During the Second World War, the recruitment of Basque immigrants became a pressing issue among wool growers all over the American West. The restrictive immigration measures the U.S. Congress put in place during the mid-1920s had significantly reduced the amount of Basque labor available for sheep grazing. Since the early twentieth century, wool growers had been claiming that Basques possessed exceptional qualities lacking in other groups, partic…
Migration, Bankers, and Social Capital. The Rise of a Basque “Industrial Cowboy” in the American West
The present article contributes to the general topics of migration, banking and social capital. It analyzes the business career of John Etchart in the American West from 1900 to 1943; from being a wage-earning sheepherder to becoming one of the most prosperous stockmen in Montana. The biography-centered approach is patterned after the work of other scholars who have studied ranching businesses with emphasis on the dynamic individuals behind the c…
Ganadería y problemas de explotación de las tierras públicas en el oeste norteamericano a finales del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX
Este artículo tiene como objeto analizar el proceso de concentración y acaparamiento de tierras públicas en el Oeste de Estados Unidos y especialmente en el estado de Nevada a finales del siglo XIX. Tiene por propósito analizar la estrategia de producción utilizada por las grandes compañías ganaderas para acabar con la competencia. Trata de demostrar cómo la posesión de las fuentes de agua creó la oportunidad de un uso exclusivo de los pastos púb…
The Best Sheepherder. The Racial Stereotype of Basque Immigrants in the American West Between the End of the Nineteenth and the Beginning of the Twentieth Centuries
El presente artículo estudia la imagen de los inmigrantes vascos en el Oeste norteamericano entre finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, y la influencia que esa imagen tuvo en la integración socioeconómica de este colectivo, dedicado fundamentalmente al pastoreo de ovejas, prestando especial atención al Estado de Nevada. Su objetivo principal es mostrar cómo dicha imagen fue racializada, cómo la etiqueta étnica de vasco fue equiparada a la ca…
Flagging the Lines”
In the early twentieth century, the US Forest Service began to exclude itinerant sheep operations from the public-domain lands it administered: the National Forests. But beyond the National Forests, the extensive public-domain lands devoted to grazing were not regulated. To some local ranchers and stockmen, the increasing presence of itinerant sheepherders, including Basque immigrants, represented the first of a growing number of competitors on N…
Los pastores vascos y la guerra de las praderas. Inmigración vasca, industria ganadera y conflictos por las tierras federales en el estado de Nevada, 1890-1934
Este artículo analiza los conflictos en torno al pastoreo de tierras públicas en el estado de Nevada durante el primer tercio del siglo XX, que enfrentó a ganaderos bovinos y pastores trashumantes de ovejas, así como los intentos del gobierno federal por mitigarlos y poner orden en las praderas del Oeste. Se propone explicar cómo los ganaderos bovinos intentaron afianzar su posición económica sobre las explotaciones ganaderas más pequeñas, enfren…
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Los pastores vascos y la guerra de las praderas. Inmigración vasca, industria ganadera y conflictos por las tierras federales en el estado de Nevada, 1890-1934
Este artículo analiza los conflictos en torno al pastoreo de tierras públicas en el estado de Nevada durante el primer tercio del siglo XX, que enfrentó a ganaderos bovinos y pastores trashumantes de ovejas, así como los intentos del gobierno federal por mitigarlos y poner orden en las praderas del Oeste. Se propone explicar cómo los ganaderos bovinos intentaron afianzar su posición económica sobre las explotaciones ganaderas más pequeñas, enfren…
The Best Sheepherder. The Racial Stereotype of Basque Immigrants in the American West Between the End of the Nineteenth and the Beginning of the Twentieth Centuries
El presente artículo estudia la imagen de los inmigrantes vascos en el Oeste norteamericano entre finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, y la influencia que esa imagen tuvo en la integración socioeconómica de este colectivo, dedicado fundamentalmente al pastoreo de ovejas, prestando especial atención al Estado de Nevada. Su objetivo principal es mostrar cómo dicha imagen fue racializada, cómo la etiqueta étnica de vasco fue equiparada a la ca…
Flagging the Lines”
In the early twentieth century, the US Forest Service began to exclude itinerant sheep operations from the public-domain lands it administered: the National Forests. But beyond the National Forests, the extensive public-domain lands devoted to grazing were not regulated. To some local ranchers and stockmen, the increasing presence of itinerant sheepherders, including Basque immigrants, represented the first of a growing number of competitors on N…
Ganadería y problemas de explotación de las tierras públicas en el oeste norteamericano a finales del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX
Este artículo tiene como objeto analizar el proceso de concentración y acaparamiento de tierras públicas en el Oeste de Estados Unidos y especialmente en el estado de Nevada a finales del siglo XIX. Tiene por propósito analizar la estrategia de producción utilizada por las grandes compañías ganaderas para acabar con la competencia. Trata de demostrar cómo la posesión de las fuentes de agua creó la oportunidad de un uso exclusivo de los pastos púb…
Migration, Bankers, and Social Capital. The Rise of a Basque “Industrial Cowboy” in the American West
The present article contributes to the general topics of migration, banking and social capital. It analyzes the business career of John Etchart in the American West from 1900 to 1943; from being a wage-earning sheepherder to becoming one of the most prosperous stockmen in Montana. The biography-centered approach is patterned after the work of other scholars who have studied ranching businesses with emphasis on the dynamic individuals behind the c…
Labor Freezing”
During the Second World War, the recruitment of Basque immigrants became a pressing issue among wool growers all over the American West. The restrictive immigration measures the U.S. Congress put in place during the mid-1920s had significantly reduced the amount of Basque labor available for sheep grazing. Since the early twentieth century, wool growers had been claiming that Basques possessed exceptional qualities lacking in other groups, partic…
That sticky feeling
This article examines wool cooperatives in the American West between 1880 and 1930, demonstrating how institutional requirements systematically transformed democratic marketing organizations through capacity-based selection pressures. Analysis of government reports and trade publications reveals that individual associations experienced extreme volatility despite aggregate growth statistics, with survival rates correlating strongly with organizati…
Killing for Mutual Benefit
This article examines predator management strategies in late nineteenth-century Montana, focusing on the establishment and implications of bounty systems aimed at controlling predator populations threatening the burgeoning sheep industry. During this period, Montana woolgrowers faced significant economic challenges from predators, primarily coyotes. In response, they developed cooperative bounty systems that incentivized predator extermination. W…
Shrinking Pastures
This article examines the growth and decline of the sheep industry in the American West between 1860 and 1920, particularly the effects of legislative actions concerning access to public lands. It looks at how woolgrowers handled relationships with other land users, how the industry responded to regulatory frameworks, and how these dynamics affected the structure and sustainability of the wool trade. The study, based primarily on government recor…
Political science (5 works) · American History and Culture (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Spanish History and Politics (3 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · American west (2 works)