Return Migration and Real Estate Projects: Philanthropy or Speculation? The Examples of Le Locle and Locarno (Switzerland), From the Mid-19th Century to the 1910s

The migration experiences of the past often generated financial flows linked to remittances or capital repatriation, whose main market was the private construction sector. It usually consisted of the construction of dwellings intended to complete the conservative project of the return to the homelan...

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Published in:	Dve Domovini
Main Authors:	Luigi Lorenzetti, Fabio Rossinelli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2025-08-01
Subjects:	return emigration emigration induced construction industry real estate investments philanthropy
Online Access:	https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/twohomelands/article/view/14710

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