Elites, redes mercantiles y tribunal de comercio en salta durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX

this paper examines the merchants of salta, a group that increased in importance during the nineteenth century. it shows how merchant and political actors were intertwined during the first half of the nineteenth century, giving the former great political power in provincial affairs. this includes their participation in the various provincial merchant's courts during the civil wars, a period during which the merchant sector underwent considerable change due to exogenous political factors. the fundamental objective is to show how the mercantile and political sectors worked together, based on the acts of the merchant's court, the correspondence with the provincial government, as well as other sources.