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

• Superior document: Studies in global social history, v. 2
• Author: Borges, Marcelo J.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in global social history ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

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.