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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Departments of Government & History, University of Queensland & Blackwell Publishers 1998
- ISSN
- 0004-9522
- eISSN
- 1467-8497
- DOI
- 10.1111/1467-8497.00004
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This paper discusses the origins of the emigration to Australia from a small and enclosed Swiss valley, the Poschiavo Valley in Canton Grigioni (the Grisons), in the 1850s. It argues that those left at home were a part of the same migration experience, and seeks, through the pages of a local newspaper, to direct attention to the question of how those emigrations were felt in home communities. It suggests that the emigration flow, although numerically small, and acknowledged as a necessity for survival, was traumatic, because the emigrants went beyond the recognised world of the Poschiavini, and threatened disintegration of traditional life and values.
Journal
Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley
Published: Mar 1, 1998