From Murcians to Andalusians: Peninsular Immigration to the Balearic Islands (1930-1980)

Authors

  • Antoni, 1965- Marimon Riutort Universitat de les Illes Balears

Keywords:

Migration, peninsular, Balearic Islands, Murcia, Valencia, Andalusia, Catalonia, Castile-La Mancha, foreign, industry, touring, construction, Catalan language, Spanish language, working-class.

Abstract

This article discusses the evolution and different phases of Peninsular migration to the Balearic Islands, from the 1930s to the end of the 1970s. It analyses the diverse origins of migrants, as well as their territorial distribution throughout the Islands. The paper also looks at the significant social and linguistic consequences of this kind of migration, mostly involving Spanish-speaking working-class citizens.

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Issue

No. 18 (2015): Cercles. A Journal of Cultural History 18.

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Temes

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