ESTUDIOS MIGRATORIOS LATINOAMERICANOS

Argentina (Buenos Aires) 40

DECEMBER 1996 - VOLUME 11, NUMBER 34

98.40.1 - Spanish - I. A. GLAZIER, R. J. KLEINER and B. OKEKE, Balch Institute, Center for Immigration Research, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (U.S.A.)

Migration from Europe to America: Germany 1852-1885 (Migración desde Europa a América: Alemania 1852-1885) (p. 425-477)

By using mainly US passenger lists, the authors provide a detailed analysis of German immigration to the United States for selected years in the second half of the 19th century. The combined analysis of different variables such as province of origin, family status, occupation, port of shipment, age structure, etc., shows different regional demographic, social and occupational patterns which may contribute to our understanding of the migration process. Rate variability is analyzed in relation to the economic, social and political regional developments. (UNITED STATES, GERMANY, HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY, IMMIGRATION, REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHY)

98.40.2 - Spanish - Fernando J. DEVOTO, Instituto Ravignani, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Spanish migrations to Argentina as seen through "Partes Consulares": An exercise in regional typology (Las migraciones españolas a la Argentina desde la perspectiva de los Partes Consulares (1910). Un ejercicio de tipología regional) (p. 479-506)

The study of migrations is constrained by the aggregation levels in the sources, mostly of national scope, where information can be found. But they seldom provide information concerning regional, or even provincial differences, so historians must take resource to alternative sources. By using the shipping lists contained in Argentine immigration files, it is possible to analyze Spanish immigration in Argentina by province of origin. In this case, the provinces of Pontevedra, Salamanca and Vizcaya are considered, and three different typologies are presented, showing differences in age structure, family status, occupation and previous migratory experience. The implications for the formulation of European typologies are suggested. (ARGENTINA, SPAIN, IMMIGRATION, PROVINCES, REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHY, PLACE OF ORIGIN)

98.40.3 - Spanish - Carina L. FRID DE SILBERSTEIN, Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Migration and professions: Reading the Italian immigration to Argentina from the nominative sources (Migración y profesiones: una lectura del movimiento inmigratorio italiano a la Argentina desde las fuentes nominativas) (p. 507-540)

The article examines the possibilities of systematically exploiting nominative document corpuses related to immigration in Buenos Aires in the period of mass migration, and proposes to focus on the occupations declared by the Italian immigrants.

After reviewing the formal aspects of the documental series used (missing information, polysemy of professional aggregates) the immigration of masons is analysed, taking into account demographic characteristics, annual rhythms of arrival, migration typologies. The resulting picture presents old and new figures joining the increasing demand in the construction field and in the labor market at the River Plate. (ARGENTINA, ITALY, IMMIGRATION, OCCUPATIONS, DATA COLLECTION, METHODOLOGY)

98.40.4 - Spanish - Guillermo A. VELAZQUEZ and Jorge O. MORINA, Instituto de Estudios Históricos y Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Internal migration and regional imbalance: The Argentine case (1960-1991) (Las migraciones interprovinciales y el proceso de diferenciación regional. El caso argentino (1960-1991)) (p. 541-567)

This article focuses on the role of geographic mobility in the process of uneven regional development in Argentina. From the analysis of gross geographic product and provincial migratory growth rate between censuses for 1960-70, 1970-80 and 1980-91, the authors conclude that provinces of destination tend to improve their position relative to the rest, while there is no general pattern for provinces where population emigrates. There is a circular relation between migration patterns and the relative position of provinces, and emigration does not seem to help reduce the imbalance. (ARGENTINA, PROVINCES, REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHY, INTERNAL MIGRATION, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT)

98.40.5 - Spanish - Martín Omar CASTRO, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

The Catholic Church and popular piety among Mezzogiorno Italians at the port of Mar del Plata (Argentina) from the 1920s to the 1940s (Argentine), des années 1920 aux années 1940 (p. 569-592)

In the development of a fishermen's neighborhood around the port of Mar del Plata, the Church of the Holy Family was very influential, as also was the action of Don Orione priests and the Dames of Saint Vincent. Their cooperation was not devoid of conflict, since Don Orione priests aimed at maintaining the Italian language and roots of the fishermen, while the ladies sustained that the children of immigrants had to be "argentinized", nevertheless they shared a deep belief that it was necessary to christianize a group they perceived as anticlerical and potentially anarchist or communist. The expressions of popular piety among immigrants from Southern Italy and their relations with the Church are discussed. (ARGENTINA, ITALY, IMMIGRANTS, MIGRANT ASSIMILATION, POPULAR CULTURE, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS)

98.40.6 - Portuguese - José Renato DE CAMPOS ARAÚJO, Instituto de Estudos Econômicos, Sociais e Políticos, São Paulo (Brazil)

The Palestra Italia Association and its evolution: Ethnicity and sports (O Palestra Itália e sua trajetória: associativismo e etnicidade) (p. 593-641)

Italians in São Paulo, Brésil, created in 1914 a sports club and soccer team meant to represent the local Italian community, called Palestra Italia, as they were endeavouring to gain a place for the Italian community among those teams representative of the Paulista elite. Through detailed reading of the Paulista newspapers, the author follows their quest for a legitimate place in the Paulista society and the manifest bias against the Italian association expressed in them, from the beginning until 1942 because of the Italian and European developments, the association was renamed Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. (BRAZIL, ITALY, IMMIGRANTS, INTEGRATION, CULTURAL CONTACTS)

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