The Power of Peasant Consumers from Part II - Consumption
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 November 2025
Comparative regional analysis on consumption based on inventories does feature in the relevant scholarship, although mostly with a focus on the contrast between town and countryside. A common finding in that sense has been that consumers in more urbanised locations owned a wider set of possessions and novelties, particularly in regions with the presence of large metropolis. Little attention has been paid, however, to contrasts in the consumer behaviour of peasants across regions with different degrees of urbanisation and economic development. This is the perspective adopted in this chapter, with the purpose of assessing how far changes in consumption were experienced by Valencian peasants as a whole or, conversely, only by those living in particular regions.
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