Networks, generations and business: A family of Portuguese immigrants in the Amazon

Abstract

This article examines the trajectory the family of José Antonio Martins, the Baron of Monte Cordova, a Portuguese immigrant who came to Belém, Para, in the period of the rubber economy. Analyze the migration and the dynamics of social networks composed by him, his family and countrymen, watching the strategies, mobility, projection, practices and representation practices and representation entered in transit between Portugal and Brazil.

Keywords

• Imigração portuguesa
• Redes
• Família
• Economia da Borracha
• Pará