Desmontando el común: la disputa entre pescadores artesanales y hacendados en Chile (Boca de Rapel, 1769-1877)
This article examines the struggle for control of coastal lands that took place between the artisanal fishermen of the mouth of the Rapel River and the landowners of Bucalemu hacienda, during the transition from the colonial period and the construction of the Chilean state after independence. It als...
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| description | This article examines the struggle for control of coastal lands that took place between the artisanal fishermen of the mouth of the Rapel River and the landowners of Bucalemu hacienda, during the transition from the colonial period and the construction of the Chilean state after independence. It also examines the subsequent extension of state control over this territory within the framework of the transition to capitalism. The large-scale landowners or hacendados tried to expel the fishermen and their ‘plebeian culture’ by various means: burning down their houses, depriving them of their work instruments, shackling them in private jails and putting theme in stocks. Yet the fishermen responded by defending their ‘moral economy’ peacefully and only employed judicial means. Using original and unpublished documents from the National Archive of Santiago, this article also examines the role of the various actors in the conflict: fishermen, hacendados, judges and institutions. Both the justice system and the Parliament are found to have served the interests of the great haciendas or largescale landowners, in detriment of artisanal fishermen’s rights. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ecdcab8508bd45e2919ce8d67aa082302025-08-20T03:10:37ZengUniversidad de MurciaHistoria Agraria1139-14722340-36592018-08-017514116510.26882/histagrar.075e06aDesmontando el común: la disputa entre pescadores artesanales y hacendados en Chile (Boca de Rapel, 1769-1877)Michelle Lacoste Adunka0Pablo Lacoste1Universidad San SebastiánUniversidad de Santiago de ChileThis article examines the struggle for control of coastal lands that took place between the artisanal fishermen of the mouth of the Rapel River and the landowners of Bucalemu hacienda, during the transition from the colonial period and the construction of the Chilean state after independence. It also examines the subsequent extension of state control over this territory within the framework of the transition to capitalism. The large-scale landowners or hacendados tried to expel the fishermen and their ‘plebeian culture’ by various means: burning down their houses, depriving them of their work instruments, shackling them in private jails and putting theme in stocks. Yet the fishermen responded by defending their ‘moral economy’ peacefully and only employed judicial means. Using original and unpublished documents from the National Archive of Santiago, this article also examines the role of the various actors in the conflict: fishermen, hacendados, judges and institutions. Both the justice system and the Parliament are found to have served the interests of the great haciendas or largescale landowners, in detriment of artisanal fishermen’s rights.http://historiaagraria.com/articulo.php?id=772&num=75artisanal fishermensocial conflictsmoral economycoastal legislation |
| spellingShingle | Michelle Lacoste Adunka Pablo Lacoste Desmontando el común: la disputa entre pescadores artesanales y hacendados en Chile (Boca de Rapel, 1769-1877) Historia Agraria artisanal fishermen social conflicts moral economy coastal legislation |
| title | Desmontando el común: la disputa entre pescadores artesanales y hacendados en Chile (Boca de Rapel, 1769-1877) |
| title_full | Desmontando el común: la disputa entre pescadores artesanales y hacendados en Chile (Boca de Rapel, 1769-1877) |
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| title_short | Desmontando el común: la disputa entre pescadores artesanales y hacendados en Chile (Boca de Rapel, 1769-1877) |
| title_sort | desmontando el comun la disputa entre pescadores artesanales y hacendados en chile boca de rapel 1769 1877 |
| topic | artisanal fishermen social conflicts moral economy coastal legislation |
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