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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.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9780801872402
Number of pages: 272
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Weight: 431 g
Language: English
This is a timely book that presents very important insights for the study of migration... Transnational Peasants manages to address complex theoretical questions in a clear language while also engaging the reader. -- Jose Itzigsohn American Journal of Sociology An insightful, well-researched, comparative, and comprehensive chronicle. -- Sarah J. Mahler Social Forces The conceptualisation of transnational migration has entailed a shift in the way international migrations have been studied recently. In his work on four Andean communities... Kyle provides us with new elements for understanding this migration. He shows how apparently homogeneous origins can lead to different patterns of transnational migration strategies. -- Veronica de Miguel-Luken Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 2003 Kyle's masterfully comparative work shows the particularity of the Otavalo transnational experience... Transnational Peasants give[s] us a better understanding of how a particular community faces the risks and opportunities of globalization. -- Jose Itzigsohn Diaspora: Journal of Transnational Studies
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