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An agrarian history of Portugal, 1000-2000 : economic development on the European frontier / edited by Dulce Freire, Pedro Lains
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Library of Economic History 7.
- Library of economic history, 1877-3206 ; volulme 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--History--Portugal.
- Agriculture.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Europe.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Portugal--Economic conditions.
- Portugal.
- Europe--Economic conditions.
- Europe.
- Portugal--Relations--Europe.
- Europe--Relations--Portugal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, tables.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book follows the renovation of European economic history towards a more unified interpretation of sources of growth and stagnation. To better understand the diversity of patterns of growth, we need to look beyond the study of the industrialization of the core economies, and explore the centuries before it occurred. Portuguese agriculture was hardly ever at the European productivity and technological forefront and the distance from it varied substantially across the second Millennium. Yet if we look at the periods of the Christian Reconquista, the recovery from the Black Death, the response to the globalization of the Renaissance, to the eighteenth century economic enlightenment, or to nineteenth century industrialization, we may conclude that agriculture in this country of the European periphery was often adaptive and dynamic. The fact that economic backwardness was not overcome by the end of the period is no longer the most relevant aspect of that story. Contributors are: Luciano Amaral, Amélia Branco, Dulce Freire, António Henriques, Pedro Lains, Susana Münch Miranda, Margarida Sobral Neto, Jaime Reis, Ana Maria Rodrigues, José Vicente Serrão and Ester G. Silva.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Dulce Freire and Pedro Lains
- Introduction / Dulce Freire and Pedro Lains
- The Reconquista and Its Legacy, 1000–1348 / António Henriques
- The Black Death and Recovery, 1348–1500 / Ana Maria S.A. Rodrigues
- Coping with Europe and the Empire, 1500–1620 / Susana Münch Miranda
- Conflict and Decline, 1620–1703 / Margarida Sobral Neto
- Extensive Growth and Market Expansion, 1703–1820 / José Vicente Serrão
- Gross Agricultural Output: A Quantitative, Unified Perspective, 1500–1850 / Jaime Reis
- Growth, Institutional Change and Innovation, 1820–1930 / Amélia Branco and Ester Gomes da Silva
- Agricultural Policy, Growth and Demise, 1930–2000 / Luciano Amaral and Dulce Freire
- Agriculture and Economic Development on the European Frontier, 1000–2000 / Pedro Lains
- Appendix: Maps and Figures for Climate, Relief, Administrative Divisions, Urbanization, and Infrastructures in Portugal, 1000–2000 / Dulce Freire and Pedro Lains
- Index / Dulce Freire and Pedro Lains.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-31152-1
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004311527 DOI
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