Overlapping Geographies of Belonging: Migrations, Regions, and Nations in the Western South Atlantic

In contrast to nationalism and, more recently, globalization and transnationalism, "Regionalism" remains a relatively unexplored concept by historians. In this essay, Michael Goebel examines the historical construction of the Western South Atlantic region--roughly the area consisting of Brazil and Argentina--from the period from 1870 to 1930, during which intensified global exchange fed into the formation of this area as a historical "region."