title: El origen de la fiebre. Los procesos de innovación tecnológica en la ganadería ovina en el Río de la Plata, 1794-1853
abstract: This article analyzes groundbreaking innovation processes on sheep farming which took place in theRio de la Plata region at the same time as in other important world productive areas (Australia, the United States). The new technology embraced the multiple dimensions of the productive process, in order to successfully support the crossbreeding between the creole sheep and imported rams of top quality wool. A new periodization is proposed, from the outset to the moment preceding the highest wool e
journal: Quinto Sol