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Immigration and National Identities in Latin America /

"Between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, an influx of Europeans, Asians, and Arabic speakers indelibly changed the face of Latin America. While many studies of this period focus on why the immigrants came to the region, this volume addresses how the newcomers helped construct na...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Goebel, Michael (Editor), Foote, Nicola (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainsville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, an influx of Europeans, Asians, and Arabic speakers indelibly changed the face of Latin America. While many studies of this period focus on why the immigrants came to the region, this volume addresses how the newcomers helped construct national identities in the Caribbean, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. In these essays, some of the most respected scholars of migration history examine the range of responses--some welcoming, some xenophobic--to the newcomers. They also look at the lasting effects that Jewish, German, Chinese, Italian, and Syrian immigrants had on the economic, sociocultural, and political institutions. These explorations of assimilation, race formation, and transnationalism enrich our understanding not only of migration to Latin America but also of the impact of immigration on the construction of national identity throughout the world"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813055039