Why are there so many Italian descendants in Argentina?

Immigrants from Europe continue to follow up. After reunification, Italians still did not live a rich life, and a large number of South Italians continued to cross the ocean and followed their ancestors to the fertile pampas grassland (the richest land in Argentina). So there are so many Italian descendants.

For most people in China, the most familiar South American country is probably the hometown of Brazil, the Samba Kingdom and the hometown of Superball King. As a Portuguese immigrant country, Brazil has a large mixed-race population; Argentina as? Pampas eagle? More like a pure European country transplanted to South America (for example, Messi looks like most Europeans).

In fact, although most South American countries used to be Spanish colonies (except Brazil and the North Coast) and spoke Spanish, their population sources were completely different. Surprisingly, the main population source of this white-dominated Argentine country is not Spain, an ancient patriarchal country, but Italy.

0 1 independent Argentina

/kloc-After Columbus discovered this new continent at the end of 0/5, the Spanish royal family quickly occupied Latin America south of the Caribbean. For about 200 years, the Spanish put most of South America except Brazil under their direct jurisdiction.

Different from the democratic rule mode of the British Empire, Spain adopted a simple and rude system of direct governor's jurisdiction, used Spanish officials to tyrannize and brutally exploit the colonies and plundered the local wealth crazily. Argentina is basically under the jurisdiction of the governor of La Plata. Because of its superior geographical environment, Argentina has become an important economic source for the Spanish.

/kloc-at the end of 0/8/kloc-at the beginning of 0/9, a great war of independence broke out in Latin America under the influence of the North American War of Independence and the French Revolution. Spain was occupied by Napoleon at that time. The Spanish occupation troops in the colony are a group of nobody. The independent forces of North and South, represented by San Martin and Bolwell, split and fought side by side, and finally the colonists were completely expelled from America. 18 10, the governor of La Plata had a revolution against the governor of Spain in May. Six years later, the local government officially became independent and was named Argentina.

02 European immigrants

/kloc-At the beginning of the 0/9th century, Argentina was founded first, and the second and third generation of Spanish whites were the main body of the country. However, the number of indigenous whites in the early days was relatively scarce, and the main labor force was Indians and blacks (there was no large-scale plantation economy in temperate climate). The main local economic model is mainly the farms and pastures of white farmers. Therefore, newly independent Argentina has a large population, and the development of this emerging country requires a lot of labor.

At that time, most countries in the European continent had entered the ranks of unified nation-States, and only Germany and Italy in Central Europe were still in a state of division since the Middle Ages. At that time, the political differences between Germany and Italy seriously restricted economic development. Countries without a unified market not only hinder economic unity, but also hinder the formation of a unified nation-state. Although the two countries set off a great independence movement in the middle of the19th century, the cruel mode of dynastic war still pushed some people to the wall.

Therefore, some Italians and Germans who are disappointed with society have the desire to live abroad. Compared with Americans who have hundreds of years of history in the history of North American immigration, Italians who are addicted to the Mediterranean trade circle are obviously new participants. Unlike Germans, they are high-tech immigrants and have not received guidance and navigation from their predecessors. Therefore, they are eager to find a new continent with a small population and a low level of entry. As a result, Argentina, which is very rare in the South Pacific, entered their sight, and a large number of Italians who left their homes in the war took the lead in coming to this fertile land.

03 continuous immigration tracking

After the revival, although there was no war disaster, the problem of life has been puzzling the Italian people. Among European powers, Italy is a typical underachiever. Not only did it fail to find a decent colony in overseas colonies, but it also failed to make substantial progress in the second industrial revolution.

Italians are lazy, which leads them not to make a technological leap like Germany, the development of productive forces is not good enough, and industry and agriculture have not quickly entered the modern social model. This situation is more prominent in the relatively poor southern Italian peninsula and Sicily. In the local hot climate and relatively conservative environment, the living environment of a large number of Italians remained at the level of the Middle Ages, social order was chaotic, and even gangs (later Italian Mafia) prevailed.

After reunification, Italians still did not live a rich life. A large number of southern Italians continued to cross the ocean and followed their ancestors to the fertile pampas grassland (the most fertile land in Argentina).

At that time, Argentina's economy also entered a period of great development. The advanced machinery and equipment brought by the second industrial revolution provided the necessary conditions for the intensive production of agriculture and animal husbandry in the Argentine plain. The vast plains provide unlimited productivity possibilities for large farms and pastures, and the influx of Italians just caught up with the labor gap in economic development. Therefore, from the second half of the19th century to the outbreak of World War II, millions of Italians came to Argentina one after another. The influx of a large number of immigrants gradually changed the local population structure, gradually replaced the dominant position of the original Spanish descendants, and became the largest local ethnic group in Argentina until today.