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Chains of gold : Portuguese migration to Argentina in transatlantic perspective /

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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 migrantsa (TM) socioeconomic adaptation in the Argentine pampas and Patagonia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borges, Marcelo J.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Leiden, NL : Brill, 2009.
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.
HISTORY.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Immigrants.
Portuguese.
Portuguese > Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Social networks.
Argentina.
Portugal.
Portugal > Algarve.
Auswanderung
Sozialgeschichte
Portugal
Argentinien
Patagonien
HISTORY / World
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.