Transnational peasants : migrations, networks, and ethnicity in Andean Ecuador / David Kyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyle, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity.

Emigrant remittances.

Ecuadorians.

Foreign countries.

Emigration and immigration.

Ecuador--Emigration and immigration.

Ecuador.

Ecuadorians--Foreign countries.

Emigrant remittances--Ecuador.

Ethnicity--Ecuador.

Ecuador--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Ecuador--Economic conditions--1972-.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction : transnational peasants?

Common context, divergent outcomes

The Panama hat trail from Azuay

Azuayan villages : Tomebamba and Quipal

Tourist trails out of Otavalo

Otavalan villages : Peguche and Guanansi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.

ISBN:

0801864305

OCLC:

43784582