Caroline Brettell is professor and chair of the department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. She is a specialist on migration and on Portuguese culture and society.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Anthropology, Migration, and the Portuguese Diaspora Part 2 PART I. Situating the Anthropological Perspective: Macro, Meso, and Micro Approaches to the Study of Migration Chapter 3 1. The Emigrant, the Nation, and the State in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Portugal: An Anthropological Perspective Chapter 4 2. Migration Stories: Agency and the Individual in the Study of Immigration Part 5 PART II: Return Migration, Transmigrants, and Transnationalism Chapter 6 3. Emigrar para Voltar: A Portuguese Ideology of Return Migration Chapter 7 4. Emigration, the Church, and the Religious Festival in Northern Portugal Part 8 PART III: Cities, Immigrant Communities, and Ethnic Identity Chapter 9 5. Is the Ethnic Community Inevitable?: A Comparison of the Settlement Patterns of Portuguese Immigrants in Toronto and Paris Chapter 10 6. Ethnicity and Entrepreneurs: Portuguese Immigrants in a Canadian City Part 11 PART IV: Gender and Migration Chapter 12 7. Emigration and Household Structure in a Portuguese Parish, 1850-1920 Chapter 13 8. Women are Migrants, Too: A Portuguese Perspective Chapter 14 9. Conclusion: Toward a Comparative Understanding of Migration Chapter 15 References