Chains of Gold: Portuguese Migration to Argentina in Transatlantic Perspective

Preliminary Materials /M.J. Borges -- Chapter One. Maria Vai Com As Outras (Monkey See, Monkey Do) /M.J. Borges -- Chapter Two. Migration In Context: Society, Economy, And Population In Rural Algarve /M.J. Borges -- Chapter Three. Regional Patterns Of Migration: A Systems Approach /M.J. Borges -- Chapter Four. Chains Of Gold: Migratory Networks In Two Portuguese Immigrant Communities /M.J. Borges -- Chapter Five. Making A Living And Making A Life: Economic And Social Adaptation /M.J. Borges -- Bibliography And Sources /M.J. Borges -- Index /M.J. Borges.

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 migrants' socioeconomic adaptation in the Argentine pampas and Patagonia.; Readership: Readers interested in social history and historical sociology; labor history; world and transnational history; migration, ethnic and diaspora studies; history of Latin America, southern Europe, and the Atlantic World.