tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939701534526595538.post4648405284600703381..comments2023-04-27T04:54:28.176-05:00Comments on Fourteen months, four countries, and three kids - Tales from the Field: Looking for Deportees in Goias, BrazilTanya Golash-Bozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939701534526595538.post-10970307832163013322010-03-04T10:49:21.883-06:002010-03-04T10:49:21.883-06:00Helen:
This matches up very well with the story I ...Helen:<br />This matches up very well with the story I have been getting - that emigration started with relatively small links. One person opening a pizzeria, another going as a student, another getting a job in Atlanta. It seemed kind of hard to believe, but your story confirms that emigration really can happen from a very small start. If you have anything published or in-progress about Tanya Golash-Bozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939701534526595538.post-1305385906941390142010-03-03T17:50:03.436-06:002010-03-03T17:50:03.436-06:00Hi Tanya -- I am not sure of the Goias-US connecti...Hi Tanya -- I am not sure of the Goias-US connection specifically. However, I did work on Brazilian immigration to Ireland, and much of the connection there can be traced back to a specific linkage between an Irish person and a Brazilian person who began a meatpacking direct labor recruitment program. When the Brazilian meatpacking industry went down in 1999, this Irish company stepped in and Helen Marrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939701534526595538.post-90682173378271397032010-03-03T07:18:12.011-06:002010-03-03T07:18:12.011-06:00Randal: Great questions and comments! I mostly mea...Randal: Great questions and comments! I mostly mean Pentecostalism, although Baptism also seems to be around. I will check into that.<br /><br />Goias is a neighboring state to Minas Gerais, and many people here are internal migrants from Minas Gerais. So, that likely plays a role. In addition, Goias is similar to Minas in terms of the mining, although on a lesser scale. This information should Tanya Golash-Bozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939701534526595538.post-42615225893402707922010-03-03T05:42:23.154-06:002010-03-03T05:42:23.154-06:00Interesting, Tanya! By Protestantism do you mean i...Interesting, Tanya! By Protestantism do you mean its new form in Brazil, Pentecostalism. Traditional Brazilian Protestants, since the Dutch, are perhaps better educated than Catholics in that region, especially if they are of the Calvinist tradition. Could the explanation also be Goias is relatively close to Bahia and Minas Gerais in terms of proximity and their is a "hook-up" industry Randal Maurice Jelkshttp://randalmauricejelks.comnoreply@blogger.com