Mechanization incidence on local entrerriana agriculture on commerce structure. The "Irigoyen" hardware of Gualeguaychú, 1953-1960

Abstract

This work of investigation studies the incidence on the commerce structure that produced the mechanization on the country, impulsed since the national government at the half of the XX century. The demands of the Gualeguaychú, Entre Rí­os, producers provoked a local commerce effort to satisfy it. A clear proof of this process is the progress development of the "Ferreteria Irigoyen", which had to adapt itself to the new times. The analysis of commerce documentation, local newspapers and oral testimonies allows to reflect the impact that cause of agropecuarian transformation on the commercial structure of the firm.