ISBN:
9789047429920
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (369 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Studies in Global Social History Ser. v.2
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.8/820469
Keywords:
Portuguese History
;
Immigrants History
;
Social networks History
;
Portuguese Social conditions
;
Portuguese Economic conditions
;
Algarve (Portugal) ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
Immigrants ; Argentina ; History
;
Portugal ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
Portuguese ; Argentina ; Economic conditions
;
Portuguese ; Argentina ; History
;
Portuguese ; Argentina ; Social conditions
;
Social networks ; Argentina ; History
;
Electronic books
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Algarve (Portugal) Social conditions
;
Algarve (Portugal) Economic conditions
;
Portugal Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Argentina Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Algarve (Portugal) Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
Abstract:
Using a systems approach, this book examines how transatlantic labor migrations were linked to European circuits of geographic mobility, and explores the development of social networks that were crucial in Portuguese migrants' socioeconomic adaptation in the Argentine pampas and Patagonia.
Abstract:
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps, Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One Maria vai com as outras (Monkey See, Monkey Do) -- Portuguese Migration in Argentina -- Regional Flows and Local Networks -- Spatial Distribution and Immigrant Communities -- Approach -- Chapter Two Migration in Context: Society, Economy, and Population in Rural Algarve -- The Land and Its Uses -- Rural Life and Migration in Two Algarvian Parishes -- Population and Space -- Economy -- Social Groups -- Domestic Groups -- Migration as a Family Strategy -- Demography and Emigration -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three Regional Patterns of Migration: A Systems Approach -- Migration Systems -- A Systems Approach to Algarvian Migrations -- The Algarve and the Southern Iberia Migration System -- Gibraltar -- Southern Spain and Alentejo -- Other Circuits of Medium-distance Migration -- The Algarve and the Atlantic Migration System -- Causes, Continuities, and Changes -- Information and Perceptions -- Transatlantic Destinations -- Portuguese Africa: The Colonial Path -- Fazer a América: Destination Selection -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four Chains of Gold: Migratory Networks in Two Portuguese Immigrant Communities -- Oil Camps and Suburban Gardens: Portuguese Migrants in Two Contrasting Receiving Societies -- Comodoro Rivadavia: The Making of an Oil Town -- Villa Elisa: From Bourgeois Retreat to Family Gardening -- The Dynamics of Chain Migration -- Forging the Chains: Origins and Social Spaces -- Phases: Pioneers, Migrant Workers, and Families -- Comodoro Rivadavia -- Villa Elisa -- Os esquecidos: The Broken Links of Chain Migration -- Chain Migration and Ethnic Middlemen -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five Making a Living and Making a Life: Economic and Social Adaptation -- Making a Living -- Black El Dorado: Working in Comodoro Rivadavia.
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