From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931)
The present work is committed to overcoming that formalist view of international historiography that closes the history of the port of Cobija (former Bolivian port) in the triennium of 1877 and 1879. We present the background to affirm that the port was not completely erased in that triennium, espec...
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| description | The present work is committed to overcoming that formalist view of international historiography that closes the history of the port of Cobija (former Bolivian port) in the triennium of 1877 and 1879. We present the background to affirm that the port was not completely erased in that triennium, especially marked by earthquake, tidal wave and war. It is shown that the definitive decline of Cobija has to do with the emergence of the Gatico mineral (10 kilometers north of Cobija), a mineral that was industrialized in 1905, generating a territorial transformation in economic, demographic and political terms. The other process that we want to analyze refers to the coup de grace that Cobija received in 1913 through a nationalist community agency in Tocopilla that prevented the resurgence of the port through a project related to Chuquicamata and the Guggenheim family of New York, which sought revitalize the deteriorating port. In addition, we are committed to understanding the territory of Cobija and its adjacency zone as a territory defined by open traffic and population mobility, which in practice meant a demographic dispersion in very close mines, which also leads us to reconsider and reflect on the ways of accounting for the population in what was the commune of Cobija.
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| spelling | oai-article-22302023-01-04T14:41:11Z From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931) De “la madre del litoral” a “ciudad muerta”. Continuidades, agencias populares y declinación de Cobija en su etapa chilena (1877-1931) Galaz-Mandakovic Fernández, Damir The present work is committed to overcoming that formalist view of international historiography that closes the history of the port of Cobija (former Bolivian port) in the triennium of 1877 and 1879. We present the background to affirm that the port was not completely erased in that triennium, especially marked by earthquake, tidal wave and war. It is shown that the definitive decline of Cobija has to do with the emergence of the Gatico mineral (10 kilometers north of Cobija), a mineral that was industrialized in 1905, generating a territorial transformation in economic, demographic and political terms. The other process that we want to analyze refers to the coup de grace that Cobija received in 1913 through a nationalist community agency in Tocopilla that prevented the resurgence of the port through a project related to Chuquicamata and the Guggenheim family of New York, which sought revitalize the deteriorating port. In addition, we are committed to understanding the territory of Cobija and its adjacency zone as a territory defined by open traffic and population mobility, which in practice meant a demographic dispersion in very close mines, which also leads us to reconsider and reflect on the ways of accounting for the population in what was the commune of Cobija. El presente trabajo apuesta por superar aquella mirada formalista de la historiografía internacional que cierra la historia del puerto de Cobija (ex puerto boliviano) en el trienio de 1877 y 1879. Exponemos los antecedentes para afirmar que el puerto no fue completamente borrado en aquel trienio, especialmente marcado por el terremoto, maremoto y guerra. Se demuestra que la decadencia definitiva de Cobija tiene que ver con el surgimiento del mineral de Gatico (10 kilómetros al norte de Cobija), mineral que se industrializa en 1905, generando una transformación territorial en términos económicos, demográficos y políticos. El otro proceso que queremos analizar remite al golpe de gracia que recibió Cobija en 1913 a través de una agencia comunitaria nacionalista en Tocopilla que evitó el resurgimiento del puerto a través de un proyecto relacionado con Chuquicamata y la familia Guggenheim de Nueva York, el cual buscaba revitalizar al desmejorado puerto. Además, apostamos por comprender el territorio de Cobija y su zona de adyacencia como un territorio definido por el tránsito abierto y de movilidad poblacional, que en la práctica significó una dispersión demográfica en minas muy cercanas, lo que también nos lleva a reconsiderar y reflexionar sobre los modos de contabilización de la población en lo que fue la comuna de Cobija. Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano 2022-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2230 10.25074/th.v0i24.2230 Tiempo Histórico; No 24 (2022): Tiempo Histórico; 43-73 Tiempo Histórico; Núm. 24 (2022): Tiempo Histórico; 43-73 Tiempo Histórico; n. 24 (2022): Tiempo Histórico; 43-73 0719-5699 0718-7432 spa https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2230/2399 Derechos de autor 2022 Damir Galaz-Mandakovic Fernández https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| spellingShingle | Galaz-Mandakovic Fernández, Damir From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931) |
| title | From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931) |
| title_alt | De “la madre del litoral” a “ciudad muerta”. Continuidades, agencias populares y declinación de Cobija en su etapa chilena (1877-1931) |
| title_full | From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931) |
| title_fullStr | From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931) |
| title_full_unstemmed | From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931) |
| title_short | From “The Mother of the Litoral” to “Dead City”. Continuities, Popular Agencies and Decline of Cobija in its Chilean Stage (1877-1931) |
| title_sort | from the mother of the litoral to dead city continuities popular agencies and decline of cobija in its chilean stage 1877 1931 |
| url | https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2230 |
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