Sírios e Libaneses no Rio Grande do Sul 1890-1940

Julio B Francisco Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departament of Information Science, Faculty Member

FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO SOUTHERN BRAZIL: SYRIAN AND LEBANESE IMMIGRATION TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL (1890-1949) DO ORIENTE MÉDIO AO SUL DO BRASIL: A IMIGRAÇÃO DE SÍRIOS E LIBANESES NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL (1890-1949

The paper deals with the memory and history of the Syrian-Lebanese immigration to Rio Grande do Sul State/Brazil, seeking to situate the middle-eastern immigrants into the political, economic and social dynamics of the state, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The period studied illustrates to the reader the places where these immigrants were placed, that is, in distinct areas of Rio Grande do Sul, for example: settlements and new settlements areas, southern border, central and northern regions, coastal, capital and western border of the state. We have done extensive.../.../