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| Translated title of the contribution | The lived space: Possession, ownership, and land sales on the chilean frontier (Valdivia, 1790-1830) |
|---|---|
| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 3-21 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Historia Critica |
| Volume | 2018 |
| Issue number | 67 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Abstract
By looking into sales of indigenous land in the territory of Valdivia between 1790 and 1830, this article discusses how legal interactions were tied to the local spaces of rural habitation. Since ownership was linked with possession and use in Spanish colonial law, local social relations and shared local knowledge were crucial for determining legal ownership and ensuring the validity of land transfers. This article provides insights into how law operated in newly integrated colonial spaces, and reveals that land transfers did not yet constitute purely contractual relations but were instead socially negotiated transactions involving different levels of authority and dependency.
Keywords
- Chile, Colonialism, Customary law, Indigenous peoples, Land tenure, Local knowledge
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Social Sciences(all)
- Cultural Studies
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- History
- Social Sciences(all)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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In: Historia Critica, Vol. 2018, No. 67, 2018, p. 3-21.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - El espacio vivido
T2 - Posesión, dominio y ventas de tierra en la frontera chilena (valdivia, 1790-1830)
AU - Saavedra, Manuel Bastias
N1 - Funding Information: ❧ Research for this article is funded by a Georg Forster research fellowship granted by the Alexander von Hum-boldt Foundation (Germany). I would like to thank Carmen Alveal, Mariana Dias Paes, Tamar Herzog, and the two anonymous reviewers of Historia Crítica for their detailed comments on this paper. Of course, any shortco-mings are my own.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - By looking into sales of indigenous land in the territory of Valdivia between 1790 and 1830, this article discusses how legal interactions were tied to the local spaces of rural habitation. Since ownership was linked with possession and use in Spanish colonial law, local social relations and shared local knowledge were crucial for determining legal ownership and ensuring the validity of land transfers. This article provides insights into how law operated in newly integrated colonial spaces, and reveals that land transfers did not yet constitute purely contractual relations but were instead socially negotiated transactions involving different levels of authority and dependency.
AB - By looking into sales of indigenous land in the territory of Valdivia between 1790 and 1830, this article discusses how legal interactions were tied to the local spaces of rural habitation. Since ownership was linked with possession and use in Spanish colonial law, local social relations and shared local knowledge were crucial for determining legal ownership and ensuring the validity of land transfers. This article provides insights into how law operated in newly integrated colonial spaces, and reveals that land transfers did not yet constitute purely contractual relations but were instead socially negotiated transactions involving different levels of authority and dependency.
KW - Chile
KW - Colonialism
KW - Customary law
KW - Indigenous peoples
KW - Land tenure
KW - Local knowledge
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U2 - 10.7440/histcrit67.2018.01
DO - 10.7440/histcrit67.2018.01
M3 - Article
VL - 2018
SP - 3
EP - 21
JO - Historia Critica
JF - Historia Critica
SN - 0121-1617
IS - 67
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