El tránsito hacia la modernización de Pereira

Abstract

This article addresses the historical study of the processes leading to the modernization of society and the economy Pereirana in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a perspective different from that posed by other authors and chroniclers of the city that have been seen as the determining factor the origin and nature of the residents of Antioquia. To point out that the conditions are not the origin of allowing an explanation of the dynamics of development, but social conditions and coexistence that leads them to look at community action, in partnership and in the ability to work collectively for purposes allowing the common development. Faced with the business dynamics are studying the experience of some companies and corporations were founded since the late nineteenth century and which constitute a clear example of this model have opted for modernization and development of society Pereirana. DESCRIPTORES: Economic development, Foundation Pereira, mod.