Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps, Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One Maria vai com as outras (Monkey See, Monkey Do) -- Portuguese Migration in Argentina -- Regional Flows and Local Networks -- Spatial Distribution and Immigrant Communities -- Approach -- Chapter Two Migration in Context: Society, Economy, and Population in Rural Algarve -- The Land and Its Uses -- Rural Life and Migration in Two Algarvian Parishes -- Population and Space -- Economy -- Social Groups -- Domestic Groups -- Migration as a Family Strategy -- Demography and Emigration -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three Regional Patterns of Migration: A Systems Approach -- Migration Systems -- A Systems Approach to Algarvian Migrations -- The Algarve and the Southern Iberia Migration System -- Gibraltar -- Southern Spain and Alentejo -- Other Circuits of Medium-distance Migration -- The Algarve and the Atlantic Migration System -- Causes, Continuities, and Changes -- Information and Perceptions -- Transatlantic Destinations -- Portuguese Africa: The Colonial Path -- Fazer a América: Destination Selection -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four Chains of Gold: Migratory Networks in Two Portuguese Immigrant Communities -- Oil Camps and Suburban Gardens: Portuguese Migrants in Two Contrasting Receiving Societies -- Comodoro Rivadavia: The Making of an Oil Town -- Villa Elisa: From Bourgeois Retreat to Family Gardening -- The Dynamics of Chain Migration -- Forging the Chains: Origins and Social Spaces -- Phases: Pioneers, Migrant Workers, and Families -- Comodoro Rivadavia -- Villa Elisa -- Os esquecidos: The Broken Links of Chain Migration -- Chain Migration and Ethnic Middlemen -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five Making a Living and Making a Life: Economic and Social Adaptation -- Making a Living -- Black El Dorado: Working in Comodoro Rivadavia.

Women and Work -- Gigantic Gardens of Flowers: Working in Villa Elisa -- A Family Affair: Generations and Gender -- Social Networks and Occupational Chains -- Making a Life: Marriage Patterns -- Old and New Social Ties -- Social and Ethnic Life -- Conclusion -- Bibliography and Sources -- Index.