El Producto Interno Bruto: Una Historia Breve Pero Entranable

Escombros, ceniza y huesos, esto son los restos que a menudo nos encontramos al explorar un antiguo campo de batalla o las ruinas de una aldea, tierra arrasada que esconde miles de historias, desde los últimos suspiros de un soldado caído a los gritos ahogados de una familia asolada por la guerra. A menudo el rápido suceso de acontecimientos que comprendemos como historia nos ha entumecido a estas realidades traumáticas, desvinculándonos de la violencia y sufrimiento que abarca y que raras veces nos conmociona. Solemos olvidar que detrás de la destrucción y la barbarie se encuentran...

En la presente investigación estudiamos el devenir de la Guerra del Pacífico—Perú y Bolivia versus Chile—entre los años 1881 y 1883. Nuestro primer acercamiento a esta temática consistió en la consulta de fuentes secundarias. Esta pesquisa preliminar nos permitió precisar dos diferentes problemas, aunque profundamente interrela-cionados: uno relativo a la producción historiográfica sobre el tema y el otro vinculado a las imágenes y versiones cotidianas que recrean diversos acontecimientos de la guerra. En los textos consultados identificamos ciertos indicios que sugerían la...

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