The Lived Space
Possession, Ownership, and Land Sales on the Chilean Frontier (Valdivia, 1790-1830)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7529918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manuel Bastias Saavedra (0000-0001-7643-1382, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Issue | 67 |
| Pages | 3-21 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historia Crítica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0121-1617 • E-ISSN: 1900-6152 |
| Publisher | Universidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE) |
| DOI | 10.7440/histcrit67.2018.01 |
| OpenAlex | W2784897903 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 5 |
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
Archaeology · Business · Economic geography · Frontier · Geography · Possession (linguistics · Space (punctuation) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Historical Studies in Latin America · Latin American history and culture
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |