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FRUSTRATION AND CHANGE ARE PERMANENT FEATURES OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF CHILE. IN THIS ARTICLE THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO OUTLINE THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES. HE REFERS BRIEFLY TO THE COLONIAL ORIGINS AND THE FIRST CENTURY OF INDEPENDENCE, STRESSING IN PARTICULAR THE CHARACTERISTICS SPECIFIC TO THE CONQUEST OF CHILE, WHICH WERE TO DETERMINE THE SECULAR CONDITIONS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE REPUBLIC DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. HE ALSO DISCUSSES IN GREAT DETAIL THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE COURSE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.