Europeans of the Peruvian Andes: A Family History, 1860s–1940s

Fiona Wilson*

*Corresponding author

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Abstract

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.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBulletin of Latin American Research
Vol/bind42
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)100-114
Antal sider15
ISSN0261-3050
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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