Description
Book SynopsisTransnational Peasants provides an intriguing historical and sociological exploration of a contemporary migration mystery.
Trade ReviewThis 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
Table of ContentsList of Maps, Figures, and Tables
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: Transnational Peasants?
Chapter 2. Common Context, Divergent Outcomes
Chapter 3. The Panama Hat Trail From Azuay
Chapter 4. Azuayan Villages: Tomebamba and Quipal
Chapter 5. Tourist Trails Out Of Otavalo
Chapter 6. Otavalan Villages: Peguche and Guanansi
Chapter 7. Conclusion: Of Migration Merchants and Merchant Migrants
Appendix A: Study Design
Appendix B: Statistical Overview of Migration
Glossary: Spanish Terms Used in Text
References
Index
