Immigration in the argentine press during the Developmentalism era, 1958-1962

Abstract

At the end of the 1950s, Argentina initiated an unprecedented turn in economic development. In this context, the public image of immigration improved, now seen as the fastest way to supply skilled labor. This paper researches that image in the press of the period, and examines which specific factors made this improvement possible, where its limits were located, and to what extent this perception was true to the actual flows of immigrants received.