Agriculture and the Great Depression : the rural crisis of the 1930s in Europe and Americas / edited by Gérard Béaur, Francesco Chiapparino,.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Béaur, Gérard, editor.

Chiapparino, Francesco, editor.

Series:

Perspectives in Economic and Social History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Europe.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"What role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edited volume explores short-, medium- and long-term perspectives on the primary sector. The monograph brings together the voices of an international panel of contributors who examine issues such as falling prices, industrial production, unemployment and the stagnation of aggregate demand. Together, they frame the interwar period as a pivotal turning point in the decline of subsistence agriculture and the growth of agricultural subsidies, which remain a key policy tool in many economies today. This illuminating book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in economic history, agricultural history, globalization, and economic development. Gérard Béaur, CNRS & Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. Francesco Chiapparino, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dises (Dipartimento di scienze economiche e sociali), Ancona, Italy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

1 Introduction - Agriculture and the Big Crash

PART I: The crisis in a long-term perspective

2 The Great Depression as Great Transformation? Global food regime crisis and (inter-) national transition pathways, 1925-39

3 Agricultural crisis in Spain (Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries)

PART II: The mechanisms of the crisis

4 The 1929 crisis from the perspective of a food-importing country - The United Kingdom, 1928-35

5 International markets, policy, and mobility. 'Rural Italies' in the 1930s recession

6 From boom to burst - Argentine's primary sector and the 1930s Crisis

7 The effects of the Great Depression on the agricultural economy of the tobacco-exporting countries in South-eastern Europe

8 The 1929 crisis in Hungary's dual agriculture

9 The impact of the crisis on the Polish agriculture (1929-35)

PART III: The crisis and the policies

10 Swedish agriculture and the crisis of the 1930s

11 Spanish agriculture and the Great Depression

12 Mexican agriculture in view of the crisis of the first globalization - Between the revolutionary crisis and the Great Depression (1914-29)

13 The problem of the wheat and the political answers to the agricultural crisis in France of the 1930s

14 Agriculture in Switzerland and the crises of the 1920s and 1930s

15 Conclusion - Agricultural crises and government responses during the interwar period in the Atlantic trading network

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-310546-7

1-003-10546-7

1-000-64057-4

1-000-64060-4

9781003105466

OCLC:

1343161168