To Belong in Buenos Aires

Benjamin Bryce is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia.

• Introduction: The Future of Ethnicity1. Social Welfare, Paternalism, and the Making of German Buenos Aires2. Children, Language, and the Rise of a Pluralist Society3. The Language of Citizenship: Curriculum and the Argentine State4. An Unbounded Nation? Local Interests and Imperial Aspirations5. Transatlantic Religion and the Boundaries of Community6. The Language of Religion: Children and the FutureConclusion: Citizenship and Ethnicity

"By treating ethnicities and nationalisms together, To Belong in Buenos Aires reminds readers that identities are constructed and multiple. The stories of German-speaking Argentines are the stories of the Americas as citizenship and belonging were negotiated in the creation of a pluralistic new world. This impressive, creative, and ambitiously researched volume is sure to be widely read by students and researchers alike."—Jeffrey Lesser, Emory University "An original contribution to the history of the German community in Argentina. Bryce deftly explores immigrant history in new ways and sheds light on a community that, while small in number, had an outsize influence on Argentine history."—Donna Guy, Ohio State University "Benjamin Bryce has written an excellent book that contributes to our understanding of immigrant life in Argentina while at the same time bringing up important questions that have not been fully addressed in previous scholarship."––Mollie Lewis Nouwen, Historical Studies in Education "To Belong in Buenos Aires is a deeply informative and differentiated account of the processes and consequences of German-speaking immigrants' contributions to the rise of a pluralist society in Argentina. The book lays a theoretical and investigative groundwork that will inform and inspire future scholarship in multiple academic disciplines, such as Latin American studies, migration studies, historiography andmore."—Robert Kelz, German History "Benjamin Bryce's deeply researched and well-written book To Belong in Buenos Aires reminds us that ethnic and national identities are rarely fixed or static....this author's imaginative and no doubt tireless search for documentation highlights the importance of transnational research for future works on Argentina."—Jonathan D. Ablard, American Historical Review "To Belong in Buenos Aires is a detailed, well-researched, and cogent study of the experience and activities of German-speaking immigrants in the Argentine capital in the late nineteenth and opening decades of the twentieth centuries.[Bryce's] book is an important read to those interested in Germans in Argentina, the integration of immigrants more generally in Argentine society during the period, and the relationship of that integration to Argentine government policy."—Alison E. Efford, H-TGS "To Belong in Buenos Aires is a much welcome addition to the fields of migration and ethnic studies in Latin America, particularly in relation to the state's important role in shaping the contours of community identities and institutions. It also promises to make large contributions to Argentine and German historiographies and the histories of education and religion in the region."—Glen S. Goodman, Hispanic American Historical Review