The agrarian question and the copper in the Province of El Loa (1929/30 - 2006/07). Andes south-central, northern Chile
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Calderón-Seguel, MatíasPrieto, Manuel
Abstract
The Province of El Loa, historically inhabited by the Andean population dedicated to agriculture,
herding and exchange activities, has occupied a strategic place in the expansion of
Chilean copper industry and its international insertion. Here is located Chuquicamata, the
largest copper mine in the world by an important part of the 20th century. To advance in the
understanding of the territory that produces this activity, we carry out a histo...
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The Province of El Loa, historically inhabited by the Andean population dedicated to agriculture,
herding and exchange activities, has occupied a strategic place in the expansion of
Chilean copper industry and its international insertion. Here is located Chuquicamata, the
largest copper mine in the world by an important part of the 20th century. To advance in the
understanding of the territory that produces this activity, we carry out a historical-structural
analysis of the agriculture practiced in the province between 1929/30 and 2006/07. We
characterize analytically the agrarian transformations of the area relating their development
with the expansion of the great copper mining. Theoretically, we position ourselves from the
paradigm of the agrarian question, which we re-problematize by linking it with the studies
on extractivism. Methodologically we use descriptive statistics of agricultural censuses for the
characterization of the agrarian structure, and historical and secondary sources that allow us
to understand their connections with the copper exploitation.
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Date de publicación
2020Journal title
Estudios Atacameños. Arqueología y Antropología Surandinas