Patagonian landmarks: Social history of the Comisión Argentina de Límites con Chile (1881-1903)
In 1881 Argentina and Chile signed a treaty to resolve the issue over their common border, establishing the Andes Mountains as the dividing line. The demarcation was carried out by commissions created in each country. We will address the Social History of the Comisión Argentína de Límites con Chile...
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| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Centro de Estudios Históricos “Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti”
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refa/article/view/43948 |
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| Sumario: | In 1881 Argentina and Chile signed a treaty to resolve the issue over their common border, establishing the Andes Mountains as the dividing line. The demarcation was carried out by commissions created in each country. We will address the Social History of the Comisión Argentína de Límites con Chile in Patagonia. Our main source is the Fondo Documental Juan Moreteau, which includes the material gathered by this mining engineer who was part of the subcommittees that demarcated the Patagonian limit. Our hypothesis is that the construction of the border was far from linear, involving multiple agents and networks. Furthermore, we consider that the Commission and its subcommittees operated as an extension of the State in the region. We address the experiences and conditions of the work, within the framework of the commissioners’ discussions and interpretations of the limit. In this way, we propose to historicize the construction of the “natural” border. |
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