The problem of access to documentary of electrics cooperatives

Abstract

The recent discovery of the electric cooperative as a subject for study in historiography Argentina has not resulted in many investigations that shed light on a phenomenon that begins to occur in this country since the second half of the 1920s. Probably no issue has concerned many colleagues still likely that interest also exists but is limited by the difficulties of access to sources of cooperatives own and ignorance of other sources, although they can not replace entirely, however, they are complementary and in some cases can be partially filled. The aim of this paper is to reflect on this issue, analyzed from the viewpoint of the theoretical changes that have occurred in recent years in the study of economic events or on the importance of the documentary of cooperatives in order to discover possible pathways that lead to a wider and effective use of the archives of cooperatives. But this brief article is not just a reflection that I want to share with colleagues, but also intended as an invitation to the authorities of the electric cooperatives to open their files to the work of historians.