From the 18th century to World War I, migrants from Switzerland played an important role in Southern Italy’s trade, industry, army and social life. As a whole, these migrants were characterized by heterogeneous regional origins, professional profiles and confessional identities. In Naples they pursued very different social strategies. The essay analyses how legal frames shaped group building processes in the old regime and how – from the 19 th century onwards – specific social, economic and cultural resources led lower-class migrants to develop a multiplicity of ties to local protagonists through marriage, neighbourhood and work, whereas elite migrants chose to build an economically, religiously and socially self-segregated community
Ein einzig Volk? Schweizer Migranten in Neapel (18.-20. Jahrhundert)
Rovinello M;
2015-01-01
Abstract
From the 18th century to World War I, migrants from Switzerland played an important role in Southern Italy’s trade, industry, army and social life. As a whole, these migrants were characterized by heterogeneous regional origins, professional profiles and confessional identities. In Naples they pursued very different social strategies. The essay analyses how legal frames shaped group building processes in the old regime and how – from the 19 th century onwards – specific social, economic and cultural resources led lower-class migrants to develop a multiplicity of ties to local protagonists through marriage, neighbourhood and work, whereas elite migrants chose to build an economically, religiously and socially self-segregated communityI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
