The Origins of the Fever. Sheep Husbandry Technological Innovation Processes in the Rio de la Plata region, 1794-1853

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19137/qs.v27i3.7489

Keywords:

sheep farming, River Plata, innovation, technology

Abstract

This article analyzes groundbreaking innovation processes on sheep farming which took place in the Rio de la Plata region at the same time as in other important world productive areas (Australia, the United States). The new technology embraced the multiple dimensions of the productive process, in order to successfully support the crossbreeding between the creole sheep and imported rams of top quality wool. A new periodization is proposed, from the outset to the moment preceding the highest wool export boom in 1853. The transformations which took place between the end of the 18th and the mid of the 19th Century have consequently been assessed.

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Author Biography

Julio Djenderedjian, CONICET - Instituto Ravignani, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Doctor en historia por la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, e investigador independiente del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) en el Instituto Ravignani. Profesor adjunto en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Dirige y participa en proyectos de investigación en su especialidad, historia económica rioplatense de los siglos XVIII y XIX, financiados por instituciones argentinas y extranjeras. Ha publicado cuatro libros, dos de ellos en colaboración y uno en dos volúmenes, y cuenta con alrededor de cien artículos, capítulos de libro y ponencias presentadas, en Argentina y en el exterior.

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Published

2023-06-05

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2023): September / December

Section

Thematic clusters / Dossiers

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