Une population qui bouge: les migrations temporaires et saisonnières à partir de Viana do Castelo (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles)

Abstract

The primary objective of this study is the analisis of emigration from Viana do Castelo to other areas of Portugal in the 18th and 19th centurias. The phenomenom is quantified and subjected to geografphical, economic and social analysis in a search for explanatory processes. Population movements are related to land ownership structure, land uses and agricultural practices: the parishes supplying most emigrants are identified; and the emigrants occupations in their places of origin and new abodes are described. This study contributes to understanding of the role played by emigration in the social organization of the Minho region.