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Author Borges, Marcelo J.

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

Publication Info. Leiden, NL : Brill, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text file
Series Studies in global social history ; v. 2
Studies in global social history ; v. 2.
Note Title from e-book title screen (viewed June 14, 2010).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Portuguese -- Argentina -- History.
Portuguese.
Argentina.
History.
Immigrants -- Argentina -- History.
Immigrants.
Portuguese -- Argentina -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Portuguese -- Argentina -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Social networks -- Argentina -- History.
Social networks.
Algarve (Portugal) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Borges, Marcelo J. Chains of gold. Leiden, NL : Brill, 2009 (DLC) 2009012410
ISBN 9789004176485 (cloth)
9004176489 (cloth)
9789047429920 (electronic book)
9047429923 (electronic book)
1282401505
9781282401501
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004176485.i-353