casahistoria: Latin America visit the casahistoria general Latin American page for many more background sites.

 

• Chile- Country Study Introductory series of (sometimes very concise) articles, from a wide range of (some of it Chilean) sources. US Library of Congress. Good place to start for an overview in English. Links to key sections:
  • Chronology of Important Events
  • Country Profile
  • Historical Setting
  • The Economy
  • Government and Politics
  • National Security 
  • The Evolution Of The Armed Forces
• Chile: General History by Donald J. Mabry. A more detailed description from Historical Text Archive
• World Statesmen: Chile Useful reference lists  of presidents, flags, governments of Chile
• BBC News timeline
• Pepe's Chile: History of flag, anthem, seal. Instructive, well laid out.
• Icarito A Chilean educational site. These are the links to history sites for schools. Good subdivisions to individuals and events less well known outside Chile. Worthwhile drilling down into the main part of the site for detailed past election results and graphics. In Spanish, but simpler Spanish for schools makes for clearer Google translations....
  • Chile prehispánico  
  • Descubrimiento y Conquista 
  • Independencia 
  • La Colonia
  • Organización de La República
  • República liberal o época de la expansión
  • Parlamentarismo
  • Presidencialismo
  • Del gobierno militar a la democracia
  • Consolidación democrática
  • Presidentes y mandatarios de Chile
• LANIC - Chile Latin American Network Information Center comprehensive directory of academic resources for Chile.
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library (WWW-VL) Chile Links to sites on the History of Chile. However, many are now broken.
• Meeting Chile and America´s History Account of Chile´s History and Biography of OHiggins. Links to other (Spanish) sites

• Juan Fernandez Islands by Juan Pablo Berlinger. Outline history of these Pacific islands.

Military history

• Chile: A Brief Naval History, Carlos López Urrutia. An interesting account of an institution central to modern Chile. From Historical Text Archive
• Armada de Chile This is the official navy site of Chile. Much easier to use than the Army site. main focus is on the 19th century. In Spanish.
• El ejercito de Chile The official site of the Chilean army. Not very clear to navigate, and wait for pages to load.....

Pre Independence

• The Gear of a Conqueror. Interactive 'flash' display from Chile's educational Icarito site. Bilingual: English/Spanish. See also the Spanish only Vestimenta de un soldado español
• Map of the Conquest of Chile, 1540-1598. From Chile's educational Icarito site. Bilingual: English/Spanish.
• Chile under Spanish Rule, 1541-1826 & Early territorial establishment of Chile Two maps from the KMLA school site.
• The Dutch in Chile: Hendrick Brouwer expedition in Valdivia. written by Robert Kock  Concise outline of the 1642 expedition to provide a new route for the The Dutch West-India Company (in Dutch: “Geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie” or WIC) to Japan

 

 

• For current developments to the national history themes:
  • Yahoo Chile news excellent resource for current news items (in English) on Chile
  • Lanic Newsroom: Texas Univ site for links to the recent news themes on Latin America in general.

 

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2. 19th century: Liberation & Politics 

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• Chile- Country Study Introductory series of (sometimes very concise) articles, from a wide range of (some of it Chilean) sources. US Library of Congress.
  • Precolumbian Civilizations
  • Conquest And Colonization, 1535-1810
  • Wars Of Independence, 1810-18
  • Civil Wars, 1818-30
  • Aristocratic Republicanism, 1830-91
  • Parliamentary Republic, 1891-1925

Liberation and Political development

• Icarito Good subdivisions to individuals and events less well known outside Chile. Worthwhile drilling down into the main part of the site for detailed past election results and graphics. In Spanish, but simpler Spanish for schools makes for clearer Google translations....
  • Chile prehispánico Conquista española en América [1520-1600]
  • La Colonia: [1601-1810]
  • La Independencia [1810-1830]
  • La Organización [1831-1861]
  • República Liberal o época de la Expansión [1861-1891]
  • Parlamentarismo [1891-1925]

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3. 19th century: Military Conflict 

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• The Peruvian Army during the first years of the republic,  and:
• The Peruvian Navy, the XIX Century Maritime Campaigns both by Juan del Campo. Mostly concerning the Pacific War despite being focused on Peru.
• The naval arms race between Chile and Argentina. Brief outline, ship silhouettes and details. From the ironcladpirate site

• War of Bolivian-Peruvian Confederation 1836-39. From Armed Conflict Events Data site
• Uniforms of the War against the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation, 1836. From Chile's educational Icarito site. Bilingual: English/Spanish

• The Pacific War of 1879-1884  also referred to as the Chile-Peruvian War and as the Ten Cents War. From the KMLA school site. A general overview.
• War of the Pacific 1879-84
& Bolivia Chile Peru War 1879-1884 Outlines from Armed Conflict Events Data site
• Conflict in the Atacama by Jacqueline Carpenter 2006 ICE Case Study examines the context of the war and its international contexts
• Informative diagrams from Chile's educational Icarito site:
  • Chile-Peruvian War: Land campaigns. Series of Bilingual, English/Spanish campaign maps
  • Capture of Arica. Bilingual map diagram of the June 1880: English/Spanish.
  • Inequality at sea. Bilingual diagrams, English/Spanish comparing both navies.
  • Ships from the Battle of Punta Gruesa Bilingual ship diagrams: English/Spanish.
  • Military Uniforms of the Chile-Peruvian War. Bilingual diagrams: English/Spanish.
• Conflictos con otros países & Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1883). (Many) articles from Icarito. Simpler Spanish for schools makes for clearer Google translations....
• Fertilizer, Fiscal Crises and the War of the Pacific Short version of the full thesis on the influence of the Nitrate industry on the war.

War against the indigenous peoples and internal conflicts

• Internal 19th century campaigns from Armed Conflict Events Data site:
  • Chilean Conservative Revolution 1830
  • First Chilean Succession Revolt 1851
  • Second Chilean Succession Revolt 1859
  • Pacification in Chile 1881-83
  • Chilean Civil War 1891
• The Pacification (and settling) of the Araucania, 1860-90. From Chile's educational Icarito site. Bilingual map diagrams: English/Spanish.
• The Chilean Revolution of 1891: a Study in the Domestic and International History of Chile. PhD Abstract by Harold Blakemore. Detailed enough to be of value to show the influence of mining on the internal politics. (Click on the pdf link on the site page)

 

 

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4. 19th century: Economics 

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• Informative diagrams from Chile's educational Icarito site:
  • Chilean railroads.  Early railroad development map. Bilingual: English/Spanish.
  • Commercial Boom. Map diagram showing development of Chile's pacific steam Navigation Company. Bilingual: English/Spanish.
  • Chañarcillo Silver Mine. Diagram showing working and growth of what was considered at the time to be the world's largest silver mine. Bilingual: English/Spanish.
• Diary of an English railway engineer. Thomas Shakespear worked on the Santiago to Puerto Montt railroad as manager of Rancagua station just down the line from Santiago, on a section of railroad originally inaugurated in 1859. This brief diary, 1899-1902, records details of track and train maintenance and the management of his workmen. Has pictures and ephemera of interest.
• The Antofagasta (Chile) and Bolivia Railway Company: A Company History. Key section is the one on "Railroad Origins in the 19th Century". Shows clearly the joined interests of railways/mining/ Chilean expansion and British capital & engineers.
• The urbanization process in 19th century Chile: the railroad and rural-urban migration. Very brief but still useful abstract on a subject with limited web info
• Nitrate Development in the 19th century. Extracted from the 1930 history by Roberto Hernández C. Useful data and illustrations

 

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5. 20th century general 

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• Chile- Country Study Introductory series of (sometimes very concise) articles, from a wide range of (some of it Chilean) sources. US Library of Congress.
  • Military Interventions, 1925-32
  • Mass Democracy, 1932-73
  • Military Rule, 1973-90
• Icarito Good subdivisions to individuals and events less well known outside Chile. Worthwhile drilling down into the main part of the site for detailed past election results and graphics. In Spanish, but simpler Spanish for schools makes for clearer Google translations....
  • Parlamentarismo
  • Presidencialismo
  • Del gobierno militar a la democracia
  • Consolidación democrática
  • Presidentes y mandatarios de Chile
• Chile en el Siglo XX  Commercial Chilean site set out by years or decades. Provides basic outline, but well supported by visuals. Useful is the section on images (again by decade)
• Chile: A Guide to the 20th Century by by Kristi Armstrong. A good web based account for a basic start placing modern Chile in a historical context. From Historical Text Archive
• Flash animations from the Icarito Multimedia page:
  • Línea de tiempo gobiernos presidencialistas (1925-1970)
  • Línea de tiempo del Presidencialism (1925-1938)

Economics

• Railway of the Andes Contemporary description of the Transandine railway, 1935. Places line in general Chilean rail context.

 

      The Nitrate Industry:

• Nitrate: History of its Discovery and Exploitation in Chile English translation site of the thorough Chilean original. Excerpts from histories, images, statistics, timeline.
• Nitrate Export Collapse and the Depression Essay looking at the impact of the 1930's Crash on the industry. Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 2006
• The Guggenheims and the Coming of the Great Depression in Chile Looks at the role played by Guggenheim investments in the Nitrate industry in the 1930's
• Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works The rusting hulks of machinery and the deserted ghost towns of the Humberstone and Santa Laura mining complexes are among the last vestiges of the company towns of Chile’s saltpeter industry. This links to The UNESCO World heritage site details of the works.

       The Copper Industry: 

• Productive Evolution of Copper. Diagram/Graph showing growth of copper production since 1925. From Chile's educational Icarito site. Bilingual: English/Spanish

 

 

Coups

• Internal 20th century military involvement from Armed Conflict Events Data site:
  • The Iquique Massacre in Chile 1907
  • Chilean Anti-Alessandri Coup 1924
  • Chilean Pro-Alessandri Coup 1925
  • Chilean National Socialist Putsch 1938
  • Chilean Coup 1939
  • Chilean Coup 1973-75

 

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6. Allende & Pinochet 

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In this photograph, General Augusto Pinochet (second from left) and President Salvador Allende (in white jacket) are seen on a trip in northern Chile in the months before the 1973 coup that left Allende dead and Pinochet in command of the government.    Photograph: Fundacion Salvador Allende

 

 

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