Italians in Brazil: The Post-World War II Experience by Coppa, Frank J.

Italians in Brazil: The Post-World War II Experience (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820439716)

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Italians in Brazil: The Post-World War II Experience by Coppa, Frank J.

Italians in Brazil: The Post-World War II Experience

$62.95
Italians in Brazil: The Post-World War II Experience by Coppa, Frank J.

Italians in Brazil: The Post-World War II Experience

$62.95
Format: Hardcover
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Following World War II, Italy underwent a major social crisis owing to an unprecedented unemployment rate. As a result, both the Italian and the U.S. governments promoted and subsidized the emigration of the unemployed and the unskilled, particularly to Latin America, in order to relieve Italy from internal social tensions that could politically strengthen its Communist Party. By analyzing the Brazilian case, where subsidized emigration was more predominant than elsewhere, Italians in Brazil shows how this strategy ultimately failed, as most Italians either repatriated, re-emigrated to more appealing countries, or simply did not choose Brazil as their destination. The widely accepted belief that Italian immigrants were at all times the most easily integrated group in Brazil, both from an economic and cultural point of view, is therefore challenged by the historical evidence provided in this study.

Author: Frank J. Coppa,Gloria La Cava
ISBN-10: 0820439711
ISBN-13: 9780820439716
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1999
Pages: 174
Format: Hardcover
By Frank J. Coppa
By Frank J. Coppa
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The Author: Gloria La Cava received her Ph.D. in Social and Economic History from New York University and taught at Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for several years. She later became policy advisor to the Government of Italy on global development issues and entered the World Bank in mid-1996 as a social scientist responsible for social development strategies. She has published several articles on migration history, grassroots movements, and the social foundations of economic development.

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