Economía y empresa en Arequipa a inicios de la República, 1825-1850/Economy and enterprise in Arequipa at the start of the Republic, 1825-1850

Historiographical production around Arequipas economy in the nineteenth century presents a well-known and commonplace scenario: a crisis in the wine industry and the rise of wool exports. However, since there is no real continuity between these two periods, decades of personal and collective efforts-public and private, domestic and foreign-made with the aim of countering the intricate economic situation of our early Republic have been overlooked. In this regard, using first-hand information, obtained mainly from notarial records, this research seeks first, to understand the regional economic situation during the initial decades of independence; and second, to ascertain the business fabric, and the forms of partnerships or companies that were structured in Arequipa during those difficult early years of our Republic.