Gestión vecinal contra la pretensión industrial. Comisiones de Higiene y Fomento en una localidad azucarera de Tucumán, Santa Ana durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX
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2020-06-27
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Sección Historia. Instituto Superior de Profesorado N°3. Villa Constitución, Argentina
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El artículo estudia las comisiones vecinales con funciones municipales en una localidad de Tucumán desarrollada al influjo de la producción azucarera. A inicios del siglo XX los asuntos municipales en la mayoría de los pueblos del interior de la provincia fueron encargados a las Comisiones de Higiene y Fomento designadas por el gobernador, ya que no se reconocieron municipalidades si no excepcionalmente. En las inmediaciones de la villa Santa Ana, ubicada en el sur de provincia, se construyó a fines del siglo XIX uno de los ingenios azucareros más grandes de Argentina. Los vecinos de esa localidad impulsaron el rol de la villa como centro cívico y comercial cabecera del distrito, pero las pretensiones del industrial de autoabastecer de materia prima su fábrica, avanzando sobre la propiedad agraria, tendieron a desconsiderar la legitimidad del espacio cívico. En ese contexto, la Comisión de Higiene y Fomento de Santa Ana canalizó parte de las demandas vecinales frente a la avasallante presencia del ingenio, hasta que la designación de comisionados afines a la empresa azucarera conflictuó su funcionamiento y debilitó la posición de la villa. Aun en esas condiciones el órgano de gestión local consiguió el apoyo estatal para resguardar el ámbito vecinal en el territorio.
The article studies neighborhood commissions with municipal functions in a town in Tucumán developed to the influence of sugar production. At the beginning of the 20th century, municipal affairs in most of the interior towns of the province were commissioned to the Hygiene and Development Commissions appointed by the governor, since municipal were not recognized if not exceptionally. In the vicinity of the village Santa Ana, located in the south of the province, was built one of the largest sugar mills in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. The neighbors from that locality impelled the rol of the village like civic and commercial center head of the district, but the pretence of the industrialist to self-supply his factory, advancing on agrarian property, tended to disregard the legitimacy of civic space. In that context, the Hygiene and Development Commission of Santa Ana channeled part of the demands against the overwhelming presence of the mill, until the appointment of related commissioners to the sugar company conflicted its operation and weakened the position of the village. Ever in those conditions, the local management body obtained state support to protect the neighborhood in the territory.
The article studies neighborhood commissions with municipal functions in a town in Tucumán developed to the influence of sugar production. At the beginning of the 20th century, municipal affairs in most of the interior towns of the province were commissioned to the Hygiene and Development Commissions appointed by the governor, since municipal were not recognized if not exceptionally. In the vicinity of the village Santa Ana, located in the south of the province, was built one of the largest sugar mills in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. The neighbors from that locality impelled the rol of the village like civic and commercial center head of the district, but the pretence of the industrialist to self-supply his factory, advancing on agrarian property, tended to disregard the legitimacy of civic space. In that context, the Hygiene and Development Commission of Santa Ana channeled part of the demands against the overwhelming presence of the mill, until the appointment of related commissioners to the sugar company conflicted its operation and weakened the position of the village. Ever in those conditions, the local management body obtained state support to protect the neighborhood in the territory.
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Comisiones vecinales, Funciones municipales, Industria azucarera, Tucumán, Historia Local, Neighborhood Commissions, Municipal functions