APROPIACIÓN PÚBLICA Y PRIVADA DEL VALLE CENTRAL DE LA PROVINCIA DE LLANQUIHUE (1893-1910).

At the end of the 19th century, various business entities pressed the Chilean State to advance in higher levels of food independence, to maintain the economic progress derived from the nitrate economy. The business groups pointed to a massive concession of public land for the installation of cattle, and one of the areas indicated was the Province of Llanquihue. Using preferentially official documents and publications of business groups, this article aims to delve into both the arguments used by national business groups to carry out livestock concessions and the legal strategies used by the State to implement them, indicating, likewise, the reaction and accommodation of local people to the concessions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]