Regional markets and agrarian transformation in Bolivia: Cochabamba, 1539-1960

592 Pages·1994·2.59 MB·English

by  Robert Howard Jackson

Regional Markets and Agrarian
title: Transformation in Bolivia : Cochabamba,
1539-1960
author: Jackson, Robert H.
publisher: University of New Mexico
isbn10 | asin: 082631533X
print isbn13: 9780826315335
ebook isbn13: 9780585178974
language: English
Cochabamba (Bolivia : Dept.)--Rural
conditions, Agriculture--Economic aspects--
Bolivia--Cochabamba (Dept.)--History,
subject
Agriculture--Social aspects--Bolivia--
Cochabamba (Dept.)--History, Land tenure-
-Bolivia--Cochabamba (Dept.)--History.
publication date: 1994
lcc: HN280.C6J33 1994eb
ddc: 306.3/49/098423
Cochabamba (Bolivia : Dept.)--Rural
conditions, Agriculture--Economic aspects--
Bolivia--Cochabamba (Dept.)--History,
subject:
Agriculture--Social aspects--Bolivia--
Cochabamba (Dept.)--History, Land tenure-
-Bolivia--Cochabamba (Dept.)--History.
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Regional Markets and Agrarian Transformation
in Bolivia
Cochabamba, 15391960
Robert H. Jackson
University of New Mexico Press
Albuquerque
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© 1994 by the University of New Mexico Press
All rights reserved.
First Edition
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Jackson, Robert H. (Robert Howard)
Regional markets and agrarian transformation in Bolivia:
Cochabamba, 15391960 / Robert H. Jackson.1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Rural economy and society in colonial Cochabamba: an
overviewReform programs and changes in the structure of rural
land tenureChanges in external and internal marketsThe
partition of the hacienda and land-tenure changes in Cochabamba
DepartmentCase studies of land-tenure change in Cochabamba
DepartmentConclusions.
ISBN 0-8263-1533-X.
1. Cochabamba (Bolivia: Dept.)Rural conditions.
2. AgricultureEconomic aspectsBoliviaCochabamba (Dept.)
History. 3. AgricultureSocial aspectsBoliviaCochabamba
(Dept.)History. 4. Land tenureBoliviaCochabamba(Dept.)
History. I. Title.
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Contents
Illustrations vii
Introduction 3
1. Rural Economy and Society in Colonial Cochabamba: 23
An Overview
2. Reform Programs and Changes in the Structure of Rural 55
Land Tenure
3. Changes in External and Internal Markets, 1825-1929 91
4. The Partition of the Hacienda and Land-Tenure 137
Changes in Cochabamba Department
5. Case Studies of Land-Tenure Change in Cochabamba 167
Department
Conclusions 195
Appendix 1. Division of Selected Properties in the Central 204
Valley Districts for Inheritance
Appendix 2. Land Transactions and Lands of the 211
Salamanca Family
Appendix 3. Land Transactions in Canton Palca involving 218
Members of the Crespo Family
Appendix 4. Land Transactions in Canton Colomi 220
Abbreviations 222
Notes 223
Bibliography 251
Index 265
About the Book and Author 284
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Illustrations
Figures
1. Preparing the fields, Canton Anzaldo (Paredón) 6
2. Hacienda house of former Hacienda Chimba located in 125
the suburbs of Cochabamba City
3. Agricultural lands in the Valle Bajo, former Hacienda 125
Pairumani
4. Hacienda house of former Hacienda Viloma, Valle Bajo 126
5. Ruined hacienda house in the Valle Alto, Canton San 126
Benito
6. Arani Town (Valle Alto) on market day 127
7. Agricultural lands at Kekoma in Canton Toco, margins 127
of the Valle Alto
8. Ruins of Hacienda house at Kekoma destroyed 128
following the 1952 Revolution
9. Hacienda house of former Hacienda Matarani, Canton 128
Anzaldo (formerly Paredón)
10. Hacienda house of former Hacienda Matarani, Canton 129
Anzaldo (formerly Paredón)
11. Hacienda house of former Hacienda Matarani, Canton 129
Anzaldo (Formerly Paredón)
12. Ruins of Hacienda house of former Hacienda 130
Sacabamba destroyed following the 1952 Revolution,
Canton Anzaldo (Paredón)
13. Agricultural lands of former Hacienda Sacabamba, 130
Canton Anzaldo (Paredón)
14. Agricultural lands at San Francisco, Canton Anzaldo 131
(Paredón)
15. Agricultural lands in the Arque Highlands 132
16. A peasant community in the Arque Highlands 133
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17. Church of Santa Clara Built in Cochabamba City 134
between 1912 and 1917
18. Plan of the division of Hacienda Sumunpaya, 1875 135
19. Plan of the division of Hacienda Queru Queru 136
Maps
1. Location of Cochabamba Department in Bolivia 2
2. Cochabamba Region 9
3. Valle Bajo, Cochabamba 12
4. Spatial distribution of the population of SipeSipe 37
5. Lands of the corporate communities in the Valle Bajo 71
Graphs
1. London tin price and Bolivian tin production index 94
2. London silver price and Bolivian silver production index 95
Tables
1.1. Reducciones in the Cochabamba Region, ca. 1573 26
1.2. Community Lands in the Valle Bajo (in Hectares) in 30
Selected Years
1.3. Haciendas in the Cochabamba Region in 1692 35
1.4. Cochabamba Corn and Wheat Prices in Reales, 4849
16461808
1.5. Land Transactions in the Valle Bajo, 16601800 51
2.1. The Regular Clergy in Cochabamba in the Late 60
Colonial Period
2.2. Income and Nominal Capital Value of Censos of the
Cochabamba City Convents and Monasteries in 1788 and
1825, in Bolivianos 61
2.3. Church Lands in Cochabamba Department in the 64
Late Nineteenth Century
2.4. Tributaries by Fiscal Category in Canton Capinota in 69
Selected Years
2.5. Community Lands in Cochabamba Department, ca. 75
1878
2.6. Estimated Area (in Hectares) and Index of 76
Community Lands Sold in the Valle Bajo, 18781900