Chains of gold [[electronic resource] ] : Portuguese migration to Argentina in transatlantic perspective / / by Marcelo J. Borges

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455082603321
• Autore: Borges Marcelo J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-40150-5; 9786612401503; 90-474-2992-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Collana: Studies in global social history, , 1874-6705 ; ; v. 2
• Disciplina: 304.8/820469
• Soggetti: Portuguese - Argentina - History; Immigrants - Argentina - History; Portuguese - Argentina - Social conditions; Portuguese - Argentina - Economic conditions; Social networks - Argentina - History; Electronic books.; 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
• 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 (p. [305]-338) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 immigrant communities in the Americas. It looks at ; transoceanic moves in the larger context of migration systems, examining their connections and the crucial role of social networks in migrants’ geographic mobility and adaptation. Combining regional and local perspectives on both sides of the Atlantic, Chains of Gold provides a vivid account of the trajectories of migrant men and women as they moved from rural Portugal to contrasting places of settlement in the Argentine pampas and Patagonia.