“If you sell land, you eat land”: change and continuities in the haciendas of the Amaime River basin, Cauca Valley, Colombia, 19th century

This paper explores the land tenure and land use dynamics in Cauca River Valley’s haciendas throughout the second half of the 19th century, based on cases in the basin of the Amaime River, Cauca River’s tributary. With the aim to challenge the narrative of social and economic stagnation created abou...