Imaginarios y chilenización: Los agentes fiscales chilenos y su visión del espacio y la población andina de la provincia de Tarapacá, norte de Chile 1880-1918

In the 1880’s, the Chilean state annexed the province of Tarapacá into its jurisdiction. This gave rise to a complex process known as chilenization. In this context, Chilean state officials implemented political, economic and cultural devices with the purpose of establishing rapidly the new administration, and transforming this territory and its population into a part of the Chilean nation. Consequently, this article describes and analyzes the imaginary of the Andean space and population, belonging to the Tarapacá province, created by these state agents between the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century.