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Win or Die Imperial colonies in the land of coffee. Trentino peasants (from Veneto and Lombardy) in the Brazilian forests Part I. St Catherine 1875 - 1900

Grosselli, Renzo Maria

Autonomous Province of Trento, 1986, 648 p.

Description

The work of a historical-political-social and economic nature is developed in three parts divided into the following chapters:

"The world they left behind"(Europe in 1870; Trentino before the exodus: brief outlines of political history; Population and social structure; Vittorio Riccabona's analyses: the abdication of the bourgeoisie and How people lived in the region),

"The exodus"(Emigrants forever; 1860-1873: the warnings; The Tobacco Expedition; The 'American Fever'; The structural and superstructural reasons; The emigrant hunt: publicity; The peasant letters; America as pretext and as escape),

"The New Land" (Brazil and European immigration, Decree no. 3784 of 19 January 1867 and the 'Caetano Pinto Contract'; From Rio to Santa Caterina, Dona Francisca Colony; The Blumenau Colony; The Itajahy Colony - Prince Dom Pedro; Nova Trento: a different story).

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Year of publication

1986

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