Social practices and territorial control in the Colombian Caribbean (1750-1800): Smuggling in the Peninsula of Guajira

  • Ruth Esther Gutiérrez Meza
Keywords: Guajira peninsula, smuggling, territory

Abstract

This study focuses on how the territorial control and power struggle over commodity circulation energized social relations of individuals who lived in the Colombian Caribbean in the second half of the eighteenth century, more specifically, in the peninsula of La Guajira. It will show how the inhabitants of this peninsula were favored by the geography of a territory whose accidents along the coastline -natural harbors- allow them to link the business dynamics of the region through smuggling activities with aliens.

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Published
2011-12-01
How to Cite
Gutiérrez Meza , R. E. (2011). Social practices and territorial control in the Colombian Caribbean (1750-1800): Smuggling in the Peninsula of Guajira. Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 19(2), 219-240. Retrieved from http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/12279
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