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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137164103321

Autore

Sæther Steinar A

Titolo

Expectations unfulfilled : Norwegian migrants in Latin America, 1820-1940 / / edited by Steinar A. Saether ; contributors Maria Alvarez-Solar [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2016

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9789004307391

9789004307384

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in Global Migration History, , 1874-6705 ; ; Volume 24

Disciplina

980.0049185

Soggetti

Norwegians - Latin America - History - 19th century

Norwegians - Latin America - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Latin America - History

Norway Emigration and immigration History

Latin America Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Steinar A. Sæther -- Introduction / Steinar A. Sæther -- Making Sense of a Minor Migrant Stream / Steinar A. Sæther -- From Adventurers to Settlers: Norwegians in Southern Brazil / Ellen Fensterseifer Woortmann -- Migrants on Skis: Norwegian-Latin American Return Migration in the 1890s / Cecilia Alvstad -- The Good, the Bad and the Rational: Desirable and Undesirable Migration to Cuba and Mexico (1907–1909) / Mieke Neyens -- Opportunities for the Few and Select: Norwegians in Guatemala (1900–1940) / Synnøve Ones Rosales -- Male Narratives from the Margins of the Country of Immigrants: Two Norwegians in Argentina in the 1920s / María Bjerg -- Three Norwegian Experiences in Post-Revolutionary Mexico: Per Imerslund, Halfdan Jebe and Ola Apenes / Ricardo Pérez Montfort -- The Blikstad Family: Saga of Emigrants in Norway, Spain, and Brazil / Álvarez-Solar María -- List of Works Cited / Steinar A. Sæther -- Index / Steinar A. Sæther.



Sommario/riassunto

In Expectations Unfulfilled: Norwegian Migrants in Latin America, 1820-1940 scholars from Europe and Latin America study the experiences of workers, sailors, whalers, landowners, intellectuals and investors who migrated from Norway to Latin America during the age of mass migration. One recurrent theme is the absence of a large migratory stream from Norway to Latin America. In relative terms, Norwegian emigration was among the highest in Europe. Latin America was one of the principal receivers of migrants in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Why, then, did so few Norwegians end up in Latin America? Combining different levels of analysis, the authors explain how Norwegians experienced Latin America, and how their experiences were communicated to potential migrants at home. Contributors are: María Alvarez Solar, Cecilia Alvstad, María Bjerg, Mieke Neyens, Synnøve Ones Rosales, Ricardo Pérez Montfort, Steinar A. Sæther and Ellen Woortmann.