Unitarios y federales. Control político y construcción de identidades en Buenos Aires durante el primer gobierno de Rosas

Abstract

The ample censuses of «unitarios» and «federales» who the governor Rosas ordered to make in 1830 and 1831, of an unusual largeness, reveal an ample mobilization of the body of civil employees that clasifies the masculine population as followers or enemies of thc regime. The process of construction of the political identities of the population. At least in the perception that the authoritics have of it, shows patterns of greater adhesion or opposition to the govemment according to the considered regions. the origin, the activity and the socioeconomic level of the people registered.