The management of agricultural estates in Catalonia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. An approach through bookkeeping
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The management of agricultural estates in Catalonia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. An approach through bookkeepingDate
2010-06Publisher
Sociedad Española de Historia AgrariaAbstract
The aim of this study is to analyse the management of rural estates during the
19th century and the first half of the 20th century using basically the expenditure
registered in bookkeeping records. The information ... [+]
The aim of this study is to analyse the management of rural estates during the
19th century and the first half of the 20th century using basically the expenditure
registered in bookkeeping records. The information collected proceeds from eight
private archives, and from them we have reconstructed a total of ten series of
bookkeeping records which describe a group of farms spread throughout the main
agricultural zones of Catalonia (Spain). The changes in the quantities provided by the
landowners towards the running costs can help us to understand their role in the
processes of growth and intensification of agricultural production. We show that, while
the level of investment they made was modest, the landownwers did not behave like
absentee landlords or idly live off their rents. The examples analysed give us some
insight into the rationale behind some of the landowners’ decisions and the diverse
responses that they adopted according to the circumstances and the prevailing social and
environmental conditions on their estates. The accounting records have proved to be a
valuable source in this sense. [-]
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