The economic history related to Rafael Altamira: commercial sector

Abstract

The following project deals with the study of the work, that made Rafael Altamira one of the most important contemporary historians in Spain. This work explores all aspects concerning the Spanish society from prehistory and enclose different disciplines in a transverse way such as law, sociology, politics or history. In the following work, we will focus on the economic aspect, detailing and analyzing the point of view of Rafael Altamira from the middle age to the date of publication of this work. The work is composed of a brief biography of Rafael Altamira, in which, in addition to introducing the author, we will try to understand and analyze the adoption of his ideology in order to be able to relate better to this work. We will continue with a historical context of the Nineteenth Century, to relate better this work with the reality of the moment in which it is written and it is analyzed in points such as the primary sector, industrial sector, economic policies and, specifically, the commercial sector.