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El conflicto mapuche en Chile durante el proceso de reforma agraria: el ejemplo de la provincia de Cautín entre 1960 y 1973

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  • Jesús Ángel Redondo Cardeñoso

    (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)

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In this article we examine the social disputes involving the Mapuche communities of Cautín province during the agricultural reform period in Chile. For this purpose we analyze journalistic documentation (mainly El Diario Austral, the most important newspaper of the region) and governmental files (essentially the Intendencia de Cautín section stored in the Archivo Regional de la Araucanía). First, we contextualize the research, offering a review of the historical precedents to the Mapuche conflict and the general background of the agrarian and indigenous question in Chile during the years spanned by our research. Then we focus on the analysis of indigenous social disputes in the Cautín province, in particular the land takeovers (tomas de fundos) that were the main Mapuche expression of protest. This supports the conclusion, first, that these were the most important indigenous disputes since the military occupation of the Araucanía region; second, that the land takeovers achieved their main aim, that is, to increase land expropriations in favour of the Mapuche communities; and, lastly, that certain sweeping generalizations on land takeovers and the participation of indigenous peoples are now refutable.

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  • Jesús Ángel Redondo Cardeñoso, 2016. "El conflicto mapuche en Chile durante el proceso de reforma agraria: el ejemplo de la provincia de Cautín entre 1960 y 1973," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 70, pages 131-160, december.
  • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2016:i:70:m:december:p:131-160
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    Keywords

    Agrarian reforms; Mapuche conflict; Chile;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • N96 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q34 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts

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