Italians in Brazil
Subtitle: the post-World War II experience
By: Gloria La Cava
Series: Studies in modern European history ;; v. 30
Publisher: P. Lang; Peter Lang Pub, Inc.; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Italians -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Immigrants -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century; Return migration -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Brazil -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century; Italy -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century; Brazil -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Brazil -- Ethnic relations
Description: "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, reemigrated to more appealing countries, or simply did not choose Brazil as their destination."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174).