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- Title
La inmigración antes de la inmigración: Buenos Aires y el movimiento migratorio portugués en el espacio atlántico durante el largo siglo XVIII.
- Authors
Reitano, Emir
- Abstract
The article gives a historical overview of emigration from Portugal during the 18th century and attempts to discover the motivation that led to thousands of Portuguese emigrating to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The author includes demographic information regarding the migration from the Iberian peninsula dating from 1527 to 1531 and discusses the influence of family networks on the Portuguese migration to the Río de la Plata Region of Argentina. The article concludes with an analysis of the economic activities of the Portuguese community in Buenos Aires during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Subjects
RIO de la Plata Region (Argentina &; Uruguay); RIO de la Plata (Argentina &; Uruguay); PORTUGAL; BUENOS Aires (Argentina); ARGENTINA; URUGUAY; PORTUGUESE people; HISTORY of emigration &; immigration; ECONOMIC impact of emigration &; immigration; SOCIAL networks; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; HISTORY; CIVILIZATION
- Publication
Portuguese Studies Review, 2006, Vol 14, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1057-1515
- Publication type
Article