EFFORT AND PRECARIOUSNESS. JOBS AND CONSTRUCTION OF THEENTRE RIOS PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. NOTES ON THE 1830´S

Abstract

 The present article analysed two issues related to the institutional fabric of the 1830s: jobs and the building of Provincial Congress. The subject has not been sufficiently dealt with by the historiography of the period. However, in the last few years some studies were presented, set in other historical stages and other territories and these questions were considered in relation to the construction of the state. Firstly, the hypothesis that guided our study is that the issue of jobs and institutional buildings, despite the many difficulties they present, did not prevent the functioning of the legislative domain. This leads us to some questions related to the institutions and their relationship with the world of jobs and the building situation. This is useful to know which type of institutions function, how they did so, but also what type of work was done there and what sort of social and professional world was determined herein. The sources used corresponded in particular with the Archive of the Province of Entre Ríos, offered by the Government. There was no documental series on the theme here analysed, but there was diverse information on the correspondence between the Executive Power and the Legislative Power. Moreover, the documentation on the Government Ministry turned out to be useful as were the memoires and testimonies of travellers.