Historia del capitalismo agrario pampeano, vol. 6: Expansion agricola у colonization en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX

摘要

Over the last century and a haif, taking advantage or excellent natural conditions, the Pampa region has developed a high-productivity agriculture that responds rapidly to variations in demand in the global market, turning itself into one of the world's leading agricultural exporters. Far from the image of technical and social primitivism that predominates in the historiography of the mid-twentieth century, classically expressed in Revolucion en las pampas by James Scobie, the last half-century has seen due attention paid to the rapid modernisation of agricultural production in the Pampas. In this context, Ezequiel Gallo's La pampa gringa and the phenomenon of agricultural colonisation in Santa Fe that he analysed have played a very significant role. This study showed the importance of smallholdings in the early expansion of agriculture in the Pampas and presented a process of considerable economic rationality and social dynamism. The work under review adheres to this view. It re-engages with the subject and the argument of Gallo's work and studies the precocious and extensive process of the establishment of agricultural colonies around Santa Fe, comparing this with the experience of Entre Rios, Cordoba and Buenos Aires.