Friendly societies in the city of Las Rosas during the 19th century and first decades of the 20th century.

Abstract

Through this research, our aim is to know the development of the activities implemented by the Friendly Societies established in Las Rosas (Argentina) and integrated by Italian and Spanish immigrants at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. We intend to reconstruct the ties created around these societies, which were spaces of sociability and solidarity to the ethnic community. We also pretend to investigate which were the relations maintained with the people of Las Rosas. The Friendly Societies that were established there did not confine themselves but broaden to the rest of the community. Although most their members were representatives of the local elite, they offered help both to their own communities (either Spanish or Italian) and also to the Argentinians. At the same time, they became the setting for social relations and integration for the community as a whole.