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\"Whether in search of adventure and opportunity or fleeing poverty and violence, millions of people migrated to Argentina in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the late 1920s Arabic speakers were one of the country's largest immigrant groups. This book explores their experience, which was quite different from the danger and deprivation faced by twenty-first-century immigrants from the Middle East. Hyland shows how Syrians and Lebanese, Christians, Jews, and Muslims adapted to local social and political conditions, entered labor markets, established community institutions, raised families, and attempted to pursue their individual dreams and community goals. By showing how societies can come to terms with new arrivals and their descendants, Hyland addresses notions of belonging and acceptance, of integration and opportunity. He tells a story of immigrants and a story of Argentina that is at once timely and timeless\"--Provided by publisher.

  en este artículo se reconstruyeron enfrentamientos entre inmigrantes sirio-libaneses por cuestiones comerciales y por la ocupación de tierras fiscales en el noroeste de Chubut, en el marco de la Patagonia argentina, durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Para el seguimiento de los conflictos se utilizaron expedientes judiciales, inspecciones de la Dirección General de Tierras, documentos producidos por la Gobernación de Chubut y entrevistas con descendientes. A través de ese tipo de evidencias documentales se reconstruyeron las trayectorias efectivas de los actores implicados en los conflictos. Los casos relevados mostraron que fueron frecuentes los conflictos entre miembros de la colectividad árabe, quienes se disputaron mercancías, dinero, territorialidades comerciales y recursos ganaderos. Se concluyó que, contrario a lo que suelen asumir la mayor parte de los antecedentes historiográficos, los inmigrantes sirio-libaneses no fueron un grupo migratorio homogéneo y altamente cohesionado. Por el contrario, estos actores muchas veces fueron antagonistas entre sí y resolvieron sus diferencias a través del uso de la violencia o por mediación policial y judicial. Así mismo, se identificó la ausencia de conflictos étnico-religiosos entre ellos. this article reconstructed clashes between Syrian-Lebanese immigrants over trade issues and the occupation of public lands in the northwest of Chubut, in the context of Argentine Patagonia, during the first half of the 20th century. Various sources were used to follow-up conflicts: court records, inspections by the General Directorate of Lands, documents produced by the Chubut governorate, and interviews with descendants, among others. Through this type of documentary evidence, the effective trajectories of the actors involved in the conflicts were reconstructed. The reported cases showed that conflicts between members of the Arab community were frequent, as they fought over goods, money, commercial territories and livestock resources. It was argued that, contrary to what is generally assumed in most historiographical background, Syrian-Lebanese immigrants were not a homogeneous and highly cohesive migratory group. On the contrary, these actors were often antagonistic towards each other, and resolved their differences through the use of violence, or police and judicial mediation. Likewise the absence of ethno-religious conflicts among them was identified. este artigo reconstruiu os conflitos entre imigrantes sírio-libaneses sobre questões comerciais e a ocupação de terras públicas no noroeste de Chubut, no contexto da Patagônia argentina, durante a primeira metade do século XX. Para acompanhar os conflitos, utilizamos registros judiciais, inspeções da Direção Geral de Terras, documentos produzidos pelo governo de Chubut, além de entrevistas com descendentes. Por meio desse tipo de evidência documental, foram reconstruídas as trajetórias reais dos atores envolvidos nos conflitos. Os casos mostraram que os conflitos eram frequentes entre os membros da comunidade árabe, que disputavam bens, dinheiro, territórios comerciais e recursos pecuários. Concluiu-se que, ao contrário do que a maioria dos precedentes historiográficos tende a supor, os imigrantes sírio-libaneses não eram um grupo migrante homogêneo e altamente coeso. Pelo contrário, esses atores eram frequentemente antagônicos entre si e resolviam suas diferenças por meio do uso da violência ou da mediação policial e judicial. Também foi identificada a ausência de conflitos étnico-religiosos entre eles.

Just as the Nazi destruction of European Jewry during World War II led to the dramatic dissemination of the realities of genocide in the 1940s, so a painful corollary to the more recent breakdown of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia has been the all too familiar newsworthiness of the concept of ethnic cleansing, i.e., the forcible and unheroic eviction of undesired groups. The practice of applying varying degrees of coercion and/or violence to purge national, religious and other minorities, though, is far older than the inception of either of the aforementioned multiethnic states, let alone their disintegration, and it is not limited to these particular countries. Such a dilemma—the presence of implacable competitors for political supremacy over the same territory—is a position with certain similarities to that of Palestine and early Israel in the first half of this century, especially after binational and other minimalist solutions were deemed irrelevant by the respective mainstreams of the Jewish and Palestinian national movements.