Title Chains of gold : Portuguese migration to Argentina in transatlantic perspective / by Marcelo J. Borges

Published Leiden, NL : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Studies in global social history ; v. 2 Studies in global social history ; v. 2. 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Portuguese -- Argentina -- History Immigrants -- Argentina -- History Portuguese -- Argentina -- Social conditions Portuguese -- Argentina -- Economic conditions Social networks -- Argentina -- History HISTORY. HISTORY / World Economic history Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Immigrants Portuguese Portuguese -- Social conditions Social conditions Social networks Auswanderung Sozialgeschichte SUBJECT 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 Subject Argentina Portugal Portugal -- Algarve Portugal Argentinien Patagonien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2009012410 ISBN 9789004176485 9004176489 9789047429920 9047429923 1282401505 9781282401501 9786612401503 6612401508

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