To Belong in Buenos Aires - by Benjamin Bryce (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A social history of immigration and citizenship in Argentina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on social welfare, education, religion, and the role of children, Benjamin Bryce analyzes the efforts of German-speaking immigrants to carve out a place for themselves in the broader landscape of an increasingly culturally plural society.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A social history of immigration and citizenship in Argentina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on social welfare, education, religion, and the role of children, Benjamin Bryce analyzes the efforts of German-speaking immigrants to carve out a place for themselves in the broader landscape of an increasingly culturally plural society.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>To Belong in Buenos Aires</i> is a much welcome addition to the fields of migration and ethnic studies in Latin America, particularly in relation to the state's important role in shaping the contours of community identities and institutions. It also promises to make large contributions to Argentine and German historiographies and the histories of education and religion in the region.--Glen S. Goodman "<i>Hispanic American Historical Review</i>"<br><br><i>To Belong in Buenos Aires</i> is a deeply informative and differentiated account of the processes and consequences of German-speaking immigrants' contributions to the rise of a pluralist society in Argentina. The book lays a theoretical and investigative groundwork that will inform and inspire future scholarship in multiple academic disciplines, such as Latin American studies, migration studies, historiography andmore.--Robert Kelz "<i>German History</i>"<br><br><i>To Belong in Buenos Aires</i> is a detailed, well-researched, and cogent study of the experience and activities of German-speaking immigrants in the Argentine capital in the late nineteenth and opening decades of the twentieth centuries.[Bryce's] book is an important read to those interested in Germans in Argentina, the integration of immigrants more generally in Argentine society during the period, and the relationship of that integration to Argentine government policy.--Alison E. Efford "<i>H-TGS</i>"<br><br>An original contribution to the history of the German community in Argentina. Bryce deftly explores immigrant history in new ways and sheds light on a community that, while small in number, had an outsize influence on Argentine history.--Donna Guy "Ohio State University"<br><br>Benjamin Bryce has written an excellent book that contributes to our understanding of immigrant life in Argentina while at the same time bringing up important questions that have not been fully addressed in previous scholarship.--Mollie Lewis Nouwen, <i>Historical Studies in Education</i><br><br>Benjamin Bryce's deeply researched and well-written book <i>To Belong in Buenos Aires</i> reminds us that ethnic and national identities are rarely fixed or static....this author's imaginative and no doubt tireless search for documentation highlights the importance of transnational research for future works on Argentina.--Jonathan D. Ablard "<i>American Historical Review</i>"<br><br>By treating ethnicities and nationalisms together, <i>To Belong in Buenos Aires</i> reminds readers that identities are constructed and multiple. The stories of German-speaking Argentines are the stories of the Americas as citizenship and belonging were negotiated in the creation of a pluralistic new world. This impressive, creative, and ambitiously researched volume is sure to be widely read by students and researchers alike.--Jeffrey Lesser "Emory University"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Benjamin Bryce</b> is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia.
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