Micro-story of an italian family: the Viacava castruccio case in iquique harbor, 1912-1954

Abstract

The present article analyses from a micro-story the facts of the public and private life of an italian family. In this case, the Viacava Castruccio Family, related to its origins, internal relationships, cotidian development, economical activities, and the management of patrimony. All this achieved across the years as consequence of individual and familiar work. Our approach suggests that the migrants, after leaving their original place, they lived a period of adjustment, adaptation and assimilation. In the Iquique Harbor, most of the italians who arrived were single, formed a family, and came together with those who
came with their wives and children. All of them integrated into the receptive society.