The first South-South migration towards Republican Peru: Rethinking the first wave of Chinese migration to Peru (1849-1874)

Authors

  • Piero Benate Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8643-856X

    Investigador del Instituto de Analítica Social e Inteligencia Estratégica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Pulso PUCP). Bachiller en Ciencias Sociales con mención en Ciencia Política y Gobierno por la PUCP.
    E-mail: pbenate@pucp.edu.pe.
  • Marcelo Arrué Investigador independiente https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0132-4038

    Bachiller en Ciencias Sociales con mención en Sociología por la PUCP.
    E-mail: marcelo.arrue@pucp.edu.pe.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/revistaira.202501.007

Keywords:

South-South migration, Chinese immigration, World-system, Indentured labor, Subalternity, 19th century

Abstract

This article analyzes the first wave of Chinese immigration to Peru (1849-1874) as a South-South migration in the 19th century that exemplifies transformations in the world-system, linked to new labor systems and capitalist modernization in the industrial core of the global North. Factors of expulsion in China and attraction in Peru are identified, as well as the establishment of servitude as a transformation of the labor market. These migrants played a role in the export of commodities to the global North, while being subalternized historical subjects, with agency and heterogeneity in their experiences in Peru.

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Published

2025-05-29

How to Cite

Benate, P., & Arrué, M. (2025). The first South-South migration towards Republican Peru: Rethinking the first wave of Chinese migration to Peru (1849-1874). Revista Del Instituto Riva-Agüero, 10(1), 221–268. https://doi.org/10.18800/revistaira.202501.007

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025)

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Artículos

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