Aportes para una nueva caracterización histórica del puerto de La Plata a partir de las estadísticas oficiales (1890-1942)
This paper starts by considering the state of the art of historical studies on the port of La Plata, which highlight two problematic issues: the difficulties of the initial project in its construction and the competition that the port of Buenos Aires represented for its development. We recover those...
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Ediciones UNL
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DesarrolloEstadoYEspacio/article/view/12752 |
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| Sumario: | This paper starts by considering the state of the art of historical studies on the port of La Plata, which highlight two problematic issues: the difficulties of the initial project in its construction and the competition that the port of Buenos Aires represented for its development. We recover those contributions and the statistical data they provide in order to put them in dialogue with a new theoretical framework aimed at understanding the port of La Plata within the dynamics of the Pampean and Atlantic space insofar as its performance is not only explained by its relationship with the port of Buenos Aires but with a broader historical process that involves the development of the Argentine economy. We develop our argument by making available historical series that allow us to visualize that the movement of the port of La Plata grows during the first half of the twentieth century forming a type of port economy in connection with other maritime and river regions. In this regard, we present the performance of items linked to energy, such as coal, oil and its derivatives; cereals, such as flax, wheat and corn; and livestock products processed by the meat processing industry. We consider it relevant that, in addition to making up the bulk of the port movement, these economic activities were significant for the regional development of the cities of La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada. Finally, considering that these elements contribute to a new historical characterization of the port of La Plata, we outline aspects that we consider relevant to consider the current situation of this port in the context of its recent history. |
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