Organizing a failure. The saltpeter monopoly. Peru, 1873-1874

Abstract

The objective of the work is to know the actions of Manuel Pardo's government between 1873 and 1874 in the implementation of the saltpeter watertle. A tax measure that recorded a state tax and share in the marketing of the saltpeter exported from Iquique. It explains, from the actors, the failure of the application of the box. The sources are the memoirs of the President of the Republic, the Minister of Finance, and Trade and government officials.