Syrian and Lebanese Patricios in São Paulo

From the Levant to Brazil

Oswaldo Truzzi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

204 Seiten

2018
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
9780252041952 (ISBN)

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Syrian and Lebanese immigrants to Brazil chose to settle in urban areas, a marked contrast to many other migrant groups. In São Paulo, these newcomers embraced new lives as merchants, shopkeepers, and industrialists, making them a dominant force in the city's business sector. Oswaldo Truzzi's original work on these so-called patrícios changed the face of Brazilian studies. Now available in an English translation, Truzzi's pioneering book identifies the complex social paths blazed by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants and their descendants from the 1890s to the 1960s. He considers their relationships to other groups within São Paulo's kaleidoscopic mix of cultures. He also reveals the differences--real and perceived--between Syrians and Lebanese in terms of religious and ethnic affinities and in the economic sphere. Finally, he compares the two groups with their counterparts in the United States and looks at the wave of Lebanese Muslims to São Paulo that began in the 1960s.

Oswaldo Truzzi is a senior professor of graduate studies in sociology at the Federal University of São Carlos. Ramon J. Stern is a translator and administrative manager of the Brazil Initiative and Brazilian Studies Association at Brown University.

CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsPreface to the Brazilian Edition, by Boris FaustoPreface: The Syrian-Lebanese Diaspora in a Global Perspective, by José C. MoyaAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Redeeming Family2. From Peddlers to Entrepreneurs3. Reinventing Identities4. Internal Differentiation5. The Liberal Professions: Doctors, Lawyers, and Engineers6. Patrícios in Politics7. Brazil and the United States: A Comparative ViewConclusion: Toward a History of Urban Immigration in São PauloAfterword: Sociability and Values of Lebanese Muslim Families in São PauloAppendix: Autores Materiais (Material Authors) of Taufik Duoun's A Emigração Sírio-Libanesa às Terra da Promissao (Syrian-Lebanese Immigration to Promised Land, 1944)NotesReferencesIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2018
Übersetzer	Ramon J. Stern
Zusatzinfo	21 black & white photographs, 1 line drawing, 1 chart, 16 tables
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9780252041952 / 9780252041952
Zustand	Neuware