The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s

The Bolivian Chaco on the margins of Pilcomayo River was a contested area during the 1800s. Tobas and other Indigenous Peoples boldly resisted the state’s occupation of their territories, keeping the frontier unstable for decades. I argue that Bolivian settlers gradually occupied the pastures along...

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Autor: Mendoza, Marcela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (Unochapecó)
Repositorio:Cadernos do CEOM (Online)
Idioma:portugués
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Palabra clave:Bolivian Chaco
Settlers
Ranching economy
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title The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s
spellingShingle The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s
Mendoza, Marcela
Bolivian Chaco
Settlers
Ranching economy
title_short The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s
title_full The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s
title_fullStr The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s
title_full_unstemmed The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s
title_sort The cattle-ranching economy in the Bolivian Chaco during the 1800s
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author Mendoza, Marcela
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Settlers
Ranching economy
topic Bolivian Chaco
Settlers
Ranching economy
description The Bolivian Chaco on the margins of Pilcomayo River was a contested area during the 1800s. Tobas and other Indigenous Peoples boldly resisted the state’s occupation of their territories, keeping the frontier unstable for decades. I argue that Bolivian settlers gradually occupied the pastures along the river using violence, encouraged by state policies, and supported by army officers stationed in forts. Local merchants, Franciscan missionaries, and Avá-Guaraní neófitos played important roles in this process. I sought to better understand the viewpoints of state administrators and settlers. The views of Toba people remained opaque, beyond their actions to protect their lands from the ranchers’ encroachment. My approach combined ethnographic and historical methods to shed light on the expansion of the cattle-ranching economy from a perspective inspired in settler colonial studies.
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