Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Decimonónica

Volume

14

Issue

2

Publisher

Decimonónica

Publication Date

2017

First Page

54

Last Page

70

Abstract

Peru was economically devastated after its defeat in The War of the Pacific (1879-1884). Without their territories rich in guano beds and nitrate mines, which were annexed by Chile during the War, Peru only had their mineral resources left as a way out of the economic crisis. This is to say, the beginning of the Peruvian national reconstruction depended to a large extent on the reinforcement of its incipient mining industry. Therefore, it’s not surprising that Peruvian intellectuals with a renewed patriotic fervor and anxiety about their national particular economic context and urgencies (Lewis 66, Ferrús 46), supported liberal politics of attracting foreign capitals (Chacarría 257).

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