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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      04 December 2009
      01 February 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511523816
      9780521496308
      9780521525169
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511523816
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.612kg, 338 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.527kg, 340 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, European History: General Interest, History, Regional History after 1500, European Studies, Economic History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History (2)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, European History: General Interest, History, Regional History after 1500, European Studies, Economic History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History (2)
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    Spanish Agriculture: The Long Siesta, 1765–1965, first published in 1996, is a major study in English of Spanish agrarian history. James Simpson examines how traditional agriculture responded to population growth and the integration of commodity markets, emphasising both Spain's regional variations and its context in Europe. Using statistical data as well as his wide knowledge of the recent secondary literature, Simpson argues that decisive changes in farming techniques only occurred at the start of this century. He rejects arguments that slow growth can be explained by poor resources or inefficient farmers. Indeed, farmers were quick to change when they had market opportunities, but development was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War and subsequent short-sighted government policies, only resuming in the 1950s. This comprehensive study will be of relevance to students and scholars of historical geography and agrarian history, as well as economic history.

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    "Simpson's book is an important addition to the new historiography." Richard Herr, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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