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Immigration to Argentina

Immigration to Argentina. Push-Pull Factors Agricultural seasons opposite to those in Europe Shortage of male labor Steamship rates decline Salaries higher in Argentina than in Europe Many Europeans had family members in Argentina (chain migration)

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Immigration to Argentina

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  1. Immigration to Argentina • Push-Pull Factors • Agricultural seasons opposite to those in Europe • Shortage of male labor • Steamship rates decline • Salaries higher in Argentina than in Europe • Many Europeans had family members in Argentina (chain migration) • Sometimes younger men of entire village emigrated • European women also interested in seeking work in Argentina (White Slavery) • Argentines want Europeans to change the ethnic landscape of Argentina (Sarmiento)

  2. How many arrived?

  3. Italian Immigrants, 1920

  4. Many families were torn apart and orphanages had to be built—These boys were about to enter the Patronato de la Infancia, 1909

  5. Asilo San Vincente de Paul

  6. Jewish Immigrants during WWI

  7. Housing the Immigrants • Housing scarce in Buenos Aires • Cost of building expensive—no trees • Most immigrants single males • Begin to live in tenement housing called conventillos • Conventillos consisted of redesigned colonial housing for the wealthy

  8. How an old house was remodeled

  9. Life in a conventillo • Often more than one family lived in each room • Several bachelors could live in the same room • Cooking and washing often took place in the patio • Considered sites of infection and immorality by public health officials • Women living together usually accused of being prostitutes • Socializing often took place on the streets

  10. How did people get around in the city? • Horse drawn carriages still present in early 20th century • Trolley cars run by horses also found in Buenos Aires • Subway lines began to be constructed in early 20th century—first line took passengers from the markets north of the Congressional House down to the Casa Rosada, or government house after 1913 • Next picture shows the construction of the subway in 1910

  11. Railroads as transportation • Railroads not only took people away from Buenos Aires and brought crops from the countryside, they also provided transportation within the city • The train stations ended at different points in the city, and often combined with subway lines or trams • Eventually the railroads also took immigrants out into other parts of Argentina

  12. Growth of the Railroad System

  13. Immigration also spurred growth of some provincial cities like Santa Fe, 1925

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