Abstract

MOYANO, Daniel. La transformación de la estructura comercial durante la expansión azucarera tucumana. Aproximaciones desde las estadísticas fiscales y censales (1870-1895). Bol. Inst. Hist. Argent. Am. Dr. Emilio Ravignani [online]. 2023, n.58, pp.1-32. ISSN 0524-9767.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.34096/bol.rav.n58.11869.

The development of the sugar industry in Tucumán (Argentina) in the last quarter of the nineteenth century encouraged a rapid transformation of the regional economy. An increasing production of sugars and distilled spirits, and a need to place it in the major markets of the country represented one of the main boosts for the development of the railway infrastructure. By 1895, three train lines linked Tucumán with the central region and the ports, one with the north, and another ran through the interior of the province, linking the southern area of Tucumán, between the rich lowlands and the piedmont. The rail network connected, in addition to sugar mills and farms, numerous urban centers located in old trade circuits. As a result, the railway infrastructure not only modified the communications and transport of people, but it also favoured the expansion of trade within the province. Focusing on the distribution in the provincial area, this article analyzes the trade structure developed in Tucumán during a period of economic growth resulted from the sugar boom and the growth of the railway network. We will base our study on statistical data, qualitative information, and the trade data collected in 1895 by the census, a source scarcely used for this purpose.

Keywords : trade; warehouses; sugar; railroads; Tucumán.

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