Immigration and National Identities in Latin America

Immigration and National Identities in Latin America
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Country
United States
Published
14 October 2014
Pages
384
ISBN
9780813060002

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 national identities in the Caribbean, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.

The essays, from some of the most respected scholars of migration history, examine the responses-some welcoming, some xenophobic-to the newcomers. The contributors also look at the lasting effects that Jewish, German, Chinese, Italian, and Syrian immigrants had on the economic, sociocultural, and political institutions. They explore themes of assimilation, race formation, and transnationalism to enrich our understanding not only of migration to Latin America but also of the impact of immigration on the construction of national identity.

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