Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America?
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Resumo: | This paper sheds light on the importance of whaling paths and stations in the migration of Portuguese laborers to North America. Even though there are many factors influencing these migratory trails—the attraction that a country like the U.S. had on most prospective migrants in the 1800s, the American economic and political influ- ence which made it a convergence point globally, and its geographical position—this study demonstrates that the Portuguese sailors and whalers, who were active in the Pacific and Atlantic North in the nineteenth century in search of turning a profit and better living conditions, can be seen as pioneers of sorts, having played a role in blazing the paths and trails for the Portuguese who followed. It is not a historical coincidence that the places where the Portuguese established themselves were precisely the places frequented years before by Portuguese whalers and fishing sailors. This line of analysis puts mobility first as an important theoretical and analytical tool to reveal the causes and consequences of migration. |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America?mobilitywhalingoceannineteenth centuryThis paper sheds light on the importance of whaling paths and stations in the migration of Portuguese laborers to North America. Even though there are many factors influencing these migratory trails—the attraction that a country like the U.S. had on most prospective migrants in the 1800s, the American economic and political influ- ence which made it a convergence point globally, and its geographical position—this study demonstrates that the Portuguese sailors and whalers, who were active in the Pacific and Atlantic North in the nineteenth century in search of turning a profit and better living conditions, can be seen as pioneers of sorts, having played a role in blazing the paths and trails for the Portuguese who followed. It is not a historical coincidence that the places where the Portuguese established themselves were precisely the places frequented years before by Portuguese whalers and fishing sailors. This line of analysis puts mobility first as an important theoretical and analytical tool to reveal the causes and consequences of migration.Tagus Press. Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts DartmouthRepositório da Universidade de LisboaNovoa, Andre2021-07-07T09:22:08Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/48820engNóvoa, André. 2020. Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America?. Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies (PLCS), Special issue "Ocean Crossings", 33:49-681521-804Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:52:22Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/48820Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:00:36.995682Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? Novoa, Andre mobility whaling ocean nineteenth century |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? |
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Sailors & Whalers: Forerunners of Portuguese Labor Migration to North America? |
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Novoa, Andre |
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Novoa, Andre |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Novoa, Andre |
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mobility whaling ocean nineteenth century |
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This paper sheds light on the importance of whaling paths and stations in the migration of Portuguese laborers to North America. Even though there are many factors influencing these migratory trails—the attraction that a country like the U.S. had on most prospective migrants in the 1800s, the American economic and political influ- ence which made it a convergence point globally, and its geographical position—this study demonstrates that the Portuguese sailors and whalers, who were active in the Pacific and Atlantic North in the nineteenth century in search of turning a profit and better living conditions, can be seen as pioneers of sorts, having played a role in blazing the paths and trails for the Portuguese who followed. It is not a historical coincidence that the places where the Portuguese established themselves were precisely the places frequented years before by Portuguese whalers and fishing sailors. This line of analysis puts mobility first as an important theoretical and analytical tool to reveal the causes and consequences of migration. |
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