Trabajo y sociedad version ISSN 1514-6871 TASSO, Alberto. The
drought of 1937 in Santiago del Estero: Antecedents and
consequences of an environmental event. Trab. soc. [online].
2011, n.17, pp. 17-39. ISSN 1514-6871. During the years 1935 to
1937 there was a significant drought that hit the arid and
semiarid regions of northwestern argentina, as well as from
Mexico and the United States. This note discusses the impact of
this environmental event on the economy and society of Santiago
del Estero, which marks a before and an after in its
agricultural history. Until that year was consolidated on
agroforestry model emerged between 1880-1900, which combined
obraje", la finca and peasant economy. The great drought was
followed two failed crops and cattle stock decreased cattle and
goats by 80%. This had catastrophic consequences in a rural
society, whose diet depended heavily on their own production,
most notably triggering famine in the contemporary history of
this province. Among the many consequences of this dr