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Mass Migration to Modern Latin America

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It is well known that large numbers of Europeans migrated overseas during the century preceding the Great Depression of 1930, many of them to the United States. What is not well known is that more than 20 percent of these migrants emigrated to Latin Ameri


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Part 1 Transnational Migration, Map of South America Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction, Foreign Mass Migration to Latin America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries-An Overview Chapter 4 Story One: An Italian Family in Buenos Aires and New York City Chapter 5 Spanish Emigration to Cuba and Argentina Chapter 6 A History of Spanish and Italian Migration to the South Atlantic Regions of the Americas Chapter 7 Portuguese Transatlantic Migration Chapter 8 Italian Immigrants in Buenos Aires and New York City, 1870-1914: A Comparative Analysis of Adjustment Chapter 9 Sharing the City: Residence Patterns and Immigrant Integration in Buenos Aires and Montevideo Chapter 10 The Japanese in Peru and Brazil: A Comparative Perspective Part 11 Argentina, Map of Argentina Chapter 12 Story Two: Manuel Suarez Martinez (1845-1917), a Galician Migrant to Argentina Chapter 13 The Danes in the Argentine Pampa: The Role of Ethnic Leaders in the Creation of an Ethnic Community 1848-1930 Chapter 14 Marriage, Household, and Integration in Mass Migration to Argentina: The Case of Tandil Chapter 15 Immigrants and Female Work in Argentina: Questioning Gender Stereotypes and Constructing Images-The Case of the Italians, 1879-1900 Part 16 Brazil, Map of Brazil Chapter 17 Story Three: Santo Codo (1861-1942), an Italian Immigration on a Brazilian Coffee Plantation Chapter 18 German Immigration and Brazil's Colonization Policy Chapter 19 Jewish Immigration to Brazil Chapter 20 Family and Immigration in the Brazilian Past Chapter 21 Conclusion: Common Themes and Future Directions Chapter 22 Suggested Readings Chapter 23 About the Contributors

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Edited by Samuel L. Baily and Eduardo José Miguez

Summary

It is well known that large numbers of Europeans migrated overseas during the century preceding the Great Depression of 1930, many of them to the United States. What is not well known is that more than 20 percent of these migrants emigrated to Latin America.

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