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Transnational peasants: migrations, networks, and ethnicity in Andean Ecuador

By David Kyle

Book information

Publisher
JHU Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0801864305, 9780801864308
LCC
JV7491 .K95 2000
Google Books ID
2dF-eg8rLMAC
Open Library ID
OL6776139M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1070775 bytes)
Pages
269\269
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Why do two groups from the same country pursue radically different economic strategies of transnational mobility? David Kyle examines the lives of people from four rural communities in two regions of the Andean highlands of Ecuador. Migrants from the southern province of Azuay shuttle back and forth to New York City, mostly as undocumented laborers. In contrast, an indigenous group of Quichua-speakers from the northern canton of Otavalo travel the world as handicraft merchants and musicians playing Andean music. In one village, Kyle found that Otavalans were migrating to 23 different countries and returning within a year. Transnational Peasants provides an intriguing historical and sociological exploration of a contemporary migration mystery.

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