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Syrian and Lebanese patrícios in São Paulo : from the Levant to Brazil /

"This project is a translation into English of a book by Oswaldo Truzzi on Syrians and Lebanese in São Paulo from the end of the 19th century to the 1950s. Truzzi begins by describing migrants' reasons for emigrating to Brazil. He examines the economic trajectory of many of the immigrants...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Truzzi, Oswaldo (Autor)
Otros Autores: Stern, Ramon (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Portugués
Publicado: Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Colección:Studies of world migrations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the Brazilian edition / Boris Fausto
  • Preface : the Syrian-Lebanese diaspora in a global perspective / Jose C. Moya
  • Redeeming family
  • From peddlers to entrepreneurs
  • Reinventing identities
  • Internal differentiation
  • The liberal professions : doctors, lawyers, and engineers
  • Patricios in politics
  • Brazil and the United States : a comparative view
  • Conclusion : toward a history of urban immigration in Sao Paulo
  • Afterword : sociability and values of Lebanese Muslim families in Sao Paulo.