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Spanish Agriculture: The Long Siesta, 1765 1965 Hardcover - 1996
by James Simpson
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The majority of countries today still devote a significant proportion of their resources of feeding, clothing and housing their population.
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Spanish agriculture: the long Siesta, 1765-1965 is the first 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. Simpson argues that decisive changes in farming techniques only occurred at the start of this century, leading to rising labour productivity and the start of the rural exodus. Development was interrupted in the 1930s and 1940s, only resuming in the 1950s. 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 (as was the case with olive oil, oranges and rice). By contrast, change was slower in those areas such as cereals where traditional technologies remained profitable. Simpson concludes that there were strict limits on absorbing labour in Spain's dry lands, and labour was retained in agriculture because of government policies.
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- Title Spanish Agriculture: The Long Siesta, 1765 1965
- Author James Simpson
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 338
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 1996-02-23
- ISBN 9780521496308 / 0521496306
- Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.25 x 0.96 in (23.52 x 15.88 x 2.44 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Agriculture - Economic aspects - Spain -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95011418
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.109
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