Europeans of the Peruvian Andes
A Family History, 1860s-1940s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3199722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiona Wilson (0000-0003-2267-4578, Roskilde University Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 100-114 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/blar.13330 |
| OpenAlex | W4205982255 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Liberal elites in nineteenth-century Peru were eager to attract European immigrants to help modernise their country. The majority arrived independently bringing commercial skills, while a minority, contracted as colonists, settled in the tropical lowlands. This article focuses on two European communities established in the central Andean region, where immigrants from northern Italy excelled as merchants and families from the Austrian Tyrol became smallholders. Through a reconstruction of one family's history, which draws on personal letters and a photograph, the article explores the experiences, character and socio-economic transformation of these communities and the significance given to European-ness and whiteness
Economic history · Genealogy · Geography · Sociology · Demography · History · Indigenous Cultures and History · Latin American history and culture · Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |