La selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)

Between 1920 and 1937, the Colombian government decreed a number of immigration laws aiming at protecting the country from the entrance of “undesirable elements” who could jeopardise the population’s health and degenerate its “genetic background”. Even if the Colombian immigration laws had already r...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a484bfe7d50b44ab8486ab99d1b067312021-12-02T10:30:16ZLa selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.73878https://doaj.org/article/a484bfe7d50b44ab8486ab99d1b067312018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/73878https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252Between 1920 and 1937, the Colombian government decreed a number of immigration laws aiming at protecting the country from the entrance of “undesirable elements” who could jeopardise the population’s health and degenerate its “genetic background”. Even if the Colombian immigration laws had already referred to the “white” immigrant as the “fit” one to “civilise” the country in the XIX century, this racialisation was set in biological and hereditary terms in the 1920s and 1930s on account of scientific currents which supported the racial discourse. Colombia issued restrictive immigration laws in light of its national social and economic context as well as international tendencies and scientific currents during this period.Iván OlayaCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleImmigrationEugenicsnational immigration lawsspecialised conferencesdiseasesracialisationAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2018)
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FR
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topic Immigration
Eugenics
national immigration laws
specialised conferences
diseases
racialisation
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle Immigration
Eugenics
national immigration laws
specialised conferences
diseases
racialisation
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Iván Olaya
La selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)
description Between 1920 and 1937, the Colombian government decreed a number of immigration laws aiming at protecting the country from the entrance of “undesirable elements” who could jeopardise the population’s health and degenerate its “genetic background”. Even if the Colombian immigration laws had already referred to the “white” immigrant as the “fit” one to “civilise” the country in the XIX century, this racialisation was set in biological and hereditary terms in the 1920s and 1930s on account of scientific currents which supported the racial discourse. Colombia issued restrictive immigration laws in light of its national social and economic context as well as international tendencies and scientific currents during this period.
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author Iván Olaya
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title La selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)
title_short La selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)
title_full La selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)
title_fullStr La selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)
title_full_unstemmed La selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en Colombia (1920-1937)
title_sort la selección del inmigrante “apto”: leyes migratorias de inclusión y exclusión en colombia (1920-1937)
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2018
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