Capitales, estado rentista y cambio social atacameÑo en las regiones interiores de antofagasta (1879 - 1928)

Abstract

Here we describe and analyze the first fifty years of the incorporation of the interior area of Antofagasta to the Chilean administration and economy. We discuss how domain strategies are implemented on this territory and its resources, based on its peculiar relationship with the government, private initiative and foreign capital. Related to it, we analyze the socioeconomic dynamics and restructuration experimented by the social sectors in the area and, more specifically, by the local indigenous population.