Educación de las clases populares: La Sociedad de Instrucción Popular en el Extremo Norte de Chile (1914-1924)

The purpose of this article is to introduce the contributions of the "Society of Popular Instruction" to the promotion of teaching in the far north of Chile, highlighting the emphasis and concern that had this institution with the popular classes and the work recognized as an ally of the Chilean State in the task of its deployment in the area. Thus, through the review of primary and secondary sources, the action is motivated by the coincidence of principles between a particular group of civil society and the newly installed state in a region incorporated as a result of military expansion. Particularly review the actions aimed at night schools for men and women, schools for proletarians and public lectures, the latter being another way of educating the people through the diffusion of culture, letters and knowledge, as the road to progress.