Chilean rural labor in the Nineteenth Century: a historiographical essay

• Autores: Andrea Ruiz-Esquide Figueroa
• Localización: Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas = Anuario de Historia de América Latina ( JbLA ), ISSN-e 2194-3680, Nº. 36, 1999, págs. 349-375
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines the historiography of the rural working people in 19th century Chile. Authors discussing the topic from the 1830s to the present are examined. The first section is a general overview of the literature. The different works are divided into three main periods, according to their methodological approaches to the issue of rural labor. The second section presents a more in depth analysis of the works, focusing on how they have approached the topics of diversity, dynamism and integration of the rural workers. Finally, it concludes with some general remarks indicating what future research tendencies may bring.