The migratory movements: analysis of the flow established between two sides of the Atlantic, more specifically Italy and Brazil

Author(s)

Paulo Cesar Gonçalves

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2008-06-27

Examining board members

Vera Lucia Amaral Ferlini; Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos; Raquel Glezer; Rosangela Ferreira Leite; Ana Lucia Lana Nemi

• Advisor: Vera Lucia Amaral Ferlini

Abstract

The XIX century witnessed the exponential increase of the migratory movements of Europeans to Americas, which were extended up to the beggining of the First World War, opening way for the business of recruitment and transport of arms. This work analyses the flow established between two sides of the Atlantic, more specifically Italy and Brazil, discussing restrective factors, internal and external reflexes, contradictions and peculiarities. In Italy, the focus is on the conflicting interests of the involved groups: shipping companies, agents and subagents. The immigratory experience is analised in Brazil, and specially in São Paulo, characterized by the politics of subsidy. If the financing promoted by the government of São Paulo was essential for the creation of a big flow that was attending the demand of the coffee growing, on the other side it was constituted in source of profits for individuals and enterprises connected with the services of recruitment and transport. The analysis from the balances in cash and reports from the administrative councils from the Italian shipping companies makes clear the importance of emigration as a consistent source for her financial health. Still inside the gears responsible for the flow, the approach falls on the agencies of immigrants\' introduction that celebrated contracts with the government of São Paulo. Summing up, a business net established in two sides of the Atlantic, which objectives were clear: to derive profits with the emigration. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 03/10760-0 - The migratory movements: analysis of the flow established between two sides of the Atlantic, more specifically Italy and Brazil
• Grantee: Paulo Cesar Goncalves
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate