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Agricultural Crisis and Biological Well-Being in Mexico, 1730-1835
Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2009-04)In a peasant, pre-industrial society, such as eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Mexico’s, how much did adverse climatic conditions and high food prices influence the opportunities of the popular classes? Did they ... -
Building an annual series of English wheat production in an intriguing era (1645-1761): methodology, challenges and results
Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2019-12)This article presents a method for estimating an annual series of English wheat production in physical units during the intriguing period of 1645-1761, when the English Agricultural Revolution began. It is based on Davenant’s ... -
Development models, agricultural policies, and agricultural growth: Peru, 1950-2010
Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (2017-07)Throughout its history, Peru, as a small open economy, has undergone cycles of crisis and recovery, usually linked to fluctuations in the international market. The Peruvian economy has always been an exporter of primary ... -
Do climate variations explain bilateral migration? A gravity model analysis
SpringerOpen (2015-12)This paper investigates to what extent international migration can be explained by climatic variations. A gravity model of migration augmented with average temperature and precipitation in the country of origin is estimated ... -
Las consecuencias demográficas de la crisis filoxérica en la región vitícola del Penedès (Cataluña).
Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2012-08)La dinámica expansiva experimentada por la viticultura catalana durante el siglo XIX se vio interrumpida en los últimos años del siglo por la irrupción de la filoxera. Esta plaga, procedente del continente americano, puso ... -
Revisiting Allen's nitrogen hyphotesis from a climate perspective (1645-1740)
Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (2019-06)Building on Allen’s Nytrogen Hypothesis, this paper assesses the role of climate change in the English Agricultural Revolution. Our results show that, while Nitrogen-fixing plants, better cultivation and improved seeds ... -
The spectre of historical crop losses: Challenging questions and methodological issues
Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA) (2020-12)Calamities in agricultural production have emerged as a relevant research topic for global food security in the current context of adaptation to climate change. Historians have been participating in this research by examining ...