Chains of gold : Portuguese migration to Argentina in transatlantic perspective

Chains of gold Portuguese migration to Argentina in transatlantic perspective

Why did migrants from southern Portugal choose Argentina instead of following the traditional path to Brazil? Starting with this question, this book explores how, at the turn of the twentieth century, rural Europeans developed distinctive circuits of transatlantic labor migration linked to diverse i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borges, Marcelo J. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2009.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Studies in global social history ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Portuguese > Argentina > History.
Immigrants > Argentina > History.
Portuguese > Argentina > Social conditions.
Portuguese > Argentina > Economic conditions.
Social networks > Argentina > History.
Algarve (Portugal) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Portugal > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Argentina > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Algarve (Portugal) > Social conditions.
Algarve (Portugal) > Economic conditions.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009646931906719
Table of Contents:
  • Maria vai com as outras (Monkey see, monkey do)
  • Migration in context : society, economy, and population in rural Algarve
  • Regional patterns of migration : a systems approach
  • Chains of gold : migratory networks in two Portuguese immigrant communities
  • Making a living and making a life : economic and social adaptation.

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