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Shortly after the Spaniard conquest, in the norther n part of Santiago (places like: La Chimba, Renca, El Salto y Quilicura), started to pr oduce “a great deal and very good quality of wine”. The origin and specifications of the vineyard production during the colonial period is stated here. It is recomposed h ere a descriptive frame about colonial vineyard in that area along with analyzing the econ omical aspects: the evolution of the productive infrastructure, the kinds of soils dedic ated to the wine production, the prices of the soils and plants of grapevines, the use of labo r force (whether they are with salary, slavish or servile). It also includes the impact t he colonial regime and the use of alcohol had in the indigenous population.

The present article analyzes the infrastructure of the transport that is generated from San Juan around the wine production along the XVII cent ury. During these dates, it was consolidating the commercial traffic of the Cuyo’s wines toward the Counties of the East and North of the current Argentinean territory . For its elaboration we have used documental funds, unpublished until this moment, ma inly the sources corresponding to the XVII century of the General File of San Juan's County.

This  study  examines  connections  between  court  cases  of  family  conflicts  in nineteenth-century  Buenos  Aires  and  the  world  of  jurisprudence.  Although many  colonial  laws  continued  inplace  after  independence,  the  attitudes  of many judges’, lawyers’, and politicians’ toward those laws changed. The result was a shift in interpretation and application of the old laws, a shift that affected the daily lives of many porteños during the nation-building process.

This article describes the vineyards that were esta blished in the southern rim of the valley of the Mapocho, both within the urban area, the city of Santiago del Nuevo Extremo properly so (in small plots and backyards), and in the wider suburban area, in the plots adjudicated by the first governors and the town council, bounded by the La Cañada canal, the Santa Lucía hill, in the area of Chuchunco, and in the upriver lands of Apoquindo, Vitacura and Ñuñoa. A detailed accou nt is provided of the owners, the sale practices, grants, mortgages, dowries and donations.

This article studies the equipment and installation s of wine industry in Chile’s Kingdom during XVIII century. The topic is relevant because at that time, Chile was the most important wine industry center in America. The pape r explores the different kinds of wine vessel and containers. Chilean wine industry used p otter’s clay vessel between XVI and XIX centuries. This was the golden age of vessel furnace. But since 1750 it began to decline because the introduction of wood vessel (ba rrels). This equipment made possible the development of one of the most important indust ries during Spanish period in South America.

This article recounts the biography of a widow, res ident of Santiago, with family ties to wealthy merchants and public officials linked to th e economic sector. Within this realm, specific references are made to the administ ration of a family farm and the production and commercialization of wine.

This study examines connections between court cases of family conflicts in nineteenth century Buenos Aires and the world of jurisprudence. Although many colonial laws continued in place after independence, the attitudes of many judges’, lawyers’, and politicians’ toward those laws changed. The result was a shift in interpretation and application of the old laws, a shift that affected the daily lives of many porteños during the nation building process.

La persona y la figura de Arturo Prat parece que, a simple vista, representan una misma y única unidad. Pero, si profundizamos algo más en la vida de este marino y abogado, nos daremos cuenta de que sus datos biográficos y la percepción que tuvo la sociedad de éste, varían considerablemente, pues, por su misma condición de héroe, está sujeto a los vaivenes interpretativos propios de la sobreabundante mitología nacional. Y es que el héroe, dice Sater, plantea otras problemáticas y disyuntivas cuando se le estudia, diferente a las del hombre público que posee figuración o renombre. En el héroe, por el contrario, confluyen elementos que responden a otro tipo de variables sociales, espirituales y culturales, y que es, por cierto, la preocupación fundamental que se ha propuesto desarrollar en este libro el historiador norteamericano. Analizar, comprender o estudiar la imagen heroica de Prat exige la participación de otros elementos analíticos que, a su vez, se plantean en relación a determinados momentos de la historia de Chile. No hay dudas al respecto: a nadie dejaba indiferente los rasgos y virtudes que desprendía la cautivante personalidad de Prat, considerando que éste era un ejemplo único de abnegación, heroísmo y de entrega hacia su patria, digno de imitar y difundir hacia el resto de la sociedad. Cada vez que ocurría alguna desgracia, el país requería a su vez de un estímulo moral para superar los problemas nacionales. ¿Cómo lograrlo? Recurriendo a Prat, que luego se transformaría en una práctica común, que excedió los límites de la mesura y el entendimiento.

¿Quiénes fueron los vencedores? Elite, pueblo y prensa humorística de la Guerra Civil de 1891, es el nombre de la última publicación de EPA, Estudios Pililos Ahora, editada conjuntamente por el Centro de Investigaciones Diego Barros Arana y Lom el año 2005.  Se trata de un libro que nos sitúa desde el comienzo, con la interrogante misma que encabeza su título, en un campo abierto, desafiante, en el cual se revive el quiebre que experimentó tanto la élite política como la  sociedad en su conjunto, en torno al accionar de José Manuel Balmaceda.  La figura del mítico Presidente,  es revalorada por los autores a la luz de los punzantes juicios que  desde la trinchera oficialista, como de la opositora, se concentraron en  la  prensa satírica del periodo.

The main purpose of this essay is to analyze th e violent social demonstrations that took place in popular areas during the political and mil itary conflict of the1851 civil war. This is why we will focus particularly on the mining world of the “small north”, a region characterized by the early appearance of violent so cial conflicts, caused by the economic and social transformations of a traditional society turning into a capitalist one. There is alsoa methodological suggestion to study the violent po pular displays that are characteristic in this part of the country, such as workers mutinies and miners’ uprisings.