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Élites campesinas en el entorno de la ciudad de Valencia: los Castrellenes
2017
This paper seeks to analyse economy of a well-to-do peasant family settled in the urban fringes of the city of Valencia, capital of the kingdom, in the first half of fifteenth Century. The death of the head of the family, due to the plague, made emerge the solidarity of the relatives, who took care of the orphans. Thanks to the memorial of rents we can assess the economic strategies of a wealthier peasant family, the importance of markets and the city and countryside relations.
Jeunesse rurale et société nationale : le cas de la France au XIXe siècle
2015
Poser la question de la place des campagnes dans l’évolution des sociétés européennes entre 1830 et 1930, c’est, peu ou prou, s’inscrire dans une perspective de différence radicale entre deux mondes, le rural, supposé conservateur d’une tradition millénaire, et celui de la société nationale, dirigée par un État central facteur de progrès. L’opposition se décline sous plusieurs modalités selon les différentes sciences sociales et l’évolution historiographique : villes et campagnes (géographes)...
The Hauran Conflicts of the 1860s: A Chapter in the Rural History of Modern Syria
1981
This paper examines the relatively neglected rural history of Syria. It concentrates on the Hauran, a dry-farming region of hills and plains south of the Damascene oasis between the northern Jordan's tributaries and the eastern desert. Although the Hauran is today no longer a region of primary economic importance to Syria as it once was, it is of historical interest because it was the very first of greater Syria's outlying rural zones to be integrated into the developing modern Middle Eastern economy.The Hauran is, moreover, of comparative interest because it held a position in Syria's political economy then which bears many resemblances to the positions held by younger hinterland regions n…
Food community networks as leverage for social embeddedness
2013
Social embeddedness, defined as the interaction of economic activities and social behavior, is used in this study as a conceptual tool to describe the growing phenomenon of food community networks (FCNs). The aim in this paper was to map the system of relations which the FCNs develop both inside and outside the network and, from the number of relations, it was inferred the influence of each FCN upon the formation of new socially embedded economic realities. A particular form of FCN was taken under consideration: solidarity purchase groups (SPGs). Performed with the aid of social network analysis on a sample of SPGs in Sicily (a region in southern Italy), the study allowed us to identify a r…
Land transactions within rural society in the Middle Rhine Valley (ca. 1400–1535)
2021
Agricultural transformations and econòmic backwardness. Andalusia, 1850-1935
2002
La via seguida pel món agrari valencià ha conjuminat, com hem tractat de posar en relleu, aspectes de signe, en principi, contradictori si es valoren a partir de models centrats en una única dimensió dels agents socials. Aquesta polivalència es pot resseguir en la inultiplicitat de funcions econòmiques d'alguns d'aquests agents, com s'esdevé amb els rendistes. Pero també cal tenir molt en compte les formes de legitimació de la propietat agrària rendista, que fomentaven un seguit d'aspiracions peculiars entre els llauradors arrendataris. En aquest sentit, la capacitat per absorbir o incloure un conjunt reiterat de tensions sota la hegemonia d'una propietat no discutida representa un dels pro…
El territorio municipal: caminos, parcelaciones y poblamiento. El espacio público: gobierno municipal y sociedad urbana
1999
Se trata de dos capítulos de la Historia de la ciudad de Valencia en los que se abordan cuestiones relacionadas con el paisaje rural como el poblamiento, los caminos y las parcelaciones; y con el gobierno local y la sociedad urbana.
GREEN ECONOMY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARGINAL AREAS IN THE HORIZON 2020 STRATEGY
2014
Bioeconomy refers to a system based on the smart utilization of biological resources based on sources from land and sea as industrial input and production of food. The Bioeconomy will also contribute to limiting the negative impacts on the environment, reduce the heavy dependency on fossil resources, mitigate climate change and move Europe towards a post-petroleum society. The work aims to investigate how the territorial marginality linked to socio-economic disparities can be a competitive advantage for the challenges proposed by the bioeconomy innovation strategy. An example of a Sicilian bio-cluster is indicated for a significant product differentiation and functional integration of agric…
The diffusion and use of information and communication technologies and the city from 1996 to 2009
2013
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the diffusion and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are associated with the size of the place of residence where people live. The article explores how the relationship between ICTs and place of residence changed between 1996 and 2009. The study presents data from two consecutive telephone surveys collected from Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain. Results show an unexpected role of the relatively rural areas as attractor of new technologies. Although the largest cities have remained the locus of telecommunications on the whole, the relationship between ICTs and the place of abode has changed consider…
THE MEDITERRANEAN'S GOLD: WHICH COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS FOR THE THUNNUS THYNNUS IN ITALY?
2019
By taking into consideration the relevant role, in the international trade of Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus), played by Italy, aim of this work is assess the change in the Italian competitive advantage in the international market over the last decade (2008/2017), as a consequence of the Total Allowable Catch system together with size limits set by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Investigating the main changes occurred in the Italian international trade balance, by focusing the attention on the relations with the main commercial partners operating in this industry, is of relevant importance to make available updated data to policy makers, managers…