Reorganization of Chile's Frontier Administration and the Origins of the Mapuche Revolt of 1859

Autor:	Pablo-Raúl Arreola
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Government Frontier Presidency Political science Political Science and International Relations Geography Planning and Development Development economics Economic history Development Land tenure Settlement (litigation) Administration (government)
Zdroj:	Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 25:131-167
ISSN:	2333-1461 0826-3663
DOI:	10.1080/08263663.2000.10816797
Popis:	In 1859, the Mapuche Indians of southern Chile rose up against the Manuel Montt government (1851–1861) as part of an effort to reclaim ancestral lands lost to them after two decades of Chilean settlement. This article examines the origins of this revolt. Chilean usurpation of Mapuche land was the result of profound demographic and economic changes that were occurring in Chile at the time. When Montt assumed the presidency in 1851, he sought to stabilize the frontier through a vast program of reform. These changes included a series of laws aimed at regularizing land tenure in Mapuche territory and the reorganization of Chile's corps of frontier officials. Unfortunately for Montt, these changes only worsened the situation on the frontier, resulting in open rebellion and eventually sealing the fate of the Mapuche as an independent people.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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