Entre la costa de cobija y tierras altas. el tráfico arriero a inicios de la República Boliviana

Abstract

From the creation of the Port of Cobija until the begining of the Pacific War, indigenous, bolivians and foreigners, had a significative role in a changing and complex context related with the industrial capitalism economy in a national and international scene. In this structure, muleteers and their movility between coast and high lands was transformed giving life to Cobija and the rest of Bolivia. With this background we review the use and transformation of the movility practices between coast and Atacama High lands considering the transfrontier dynamic that acquires this practice and its socio cultural implications during the early days of the Republic.