Modernization, Immigration and National Identity in the Argentine Case, 1870-1945

OTERO, HERNAN

National Identity and Modernity 1870-1945. Latin America, Southern Europe, East Central Europe

L'Harmattan

Lugar: Budapest; Año: 2018; p. 13 - 28

Nation building in Argentina is intimately related with European mass migration. Following this premise, the text presents the most important characteristics of the social and economic modernization of the country with emphasis on mass migration contribution. This general context allows a discussion of the theories that have tried to understand the integration process (the Cultural Pluralism and the Melting Pot), founded in three classical indicators: endogamy, residence patterns and immigrant associations. Finally, it analyzes the main factors of the emergence of new identities: State policies, especially in education; social mobility and political participation.