Abstract

BARCOS, María Fernanda. Land distribution and the economic growth of the Buenos Aires campaign. A study of the western region, 1839-1867. Secuencia [online]. 2018, n.101, pp.6-40. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i101.1610.

In Buenos Aires, the period between 1839 and 1869 was characterized by almost constant economic growth. Although this process created growing inequality in the distribution of wealth (mainly of land) it also led to significant social mobility, particularly between 1839 and 1855. The west region has distinct particularities in the process that have yet to be studied in detail. A joint analysis of the direct contribution tax and land records was used to study the causes of the distinct movement that took place there. The parties of Chivilcoy, Mercedes and Suipacha (formerly the Luján’s Guard party until 1845) are analyzed because they provide a detailed summary of the changes that took place in the region under study.

Keywords : Buenos Aires; economic growth; wealth distribution; land; Mercedes; Chivilcoy; social mobility.