The purpose of immigration and urbanization: migratory flows from southern Italy to “other Americas”

Authors

  • Vittorio Cappelli

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2007.1.2238

Keywords:

Italian immigration, Peripherical Latin-American regions, Urbanization

Abstract



The following essay has the Italian immigration in Latin America as its topic, analyzing small, spontaneous flows of immigrations which were directed into regions or marginal countries, privileged by the mass. Those flows are in its vast majority formed by immigration movements, originated from a small meridian area in Italy, which stimulates a mobility experience related mainly to activities of small merchants or to artisans, having a significant contribution to the construction of urban networks. 

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Published

2007-11-29

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Cappelli, V. (2007). The purpose of immigration and urbanization: migratory flows from southern Italy to “other Americas”. Estudos Ibero-Americanos, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2007.1.2238

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2007)

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