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Merchant enterprise and the development of the plum-based trades in Serbia, 1847-1911
Economic history review • 30 (4) • Published In 1977 • Pages: 582-601
By: Palairet, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The discussion in this article centers around the development of trade in the produce of the plum orchards of Serbia -- primarily plums, dried prunes and RAKIJA SLJIVOVICA (a mild alcoholic beverage). During the nineteenth century Serbia was one of the major suppliers of the expanding world market for dried prunes. This development in world trade had profound effects on the small Serbian economy and it is the objective of this paper to examine the economic conditions which led to this situation and to assess the impact of the plum-based trades on the evolution of the country's economic institutions (p. 583).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Arboriculture
- Miscellaneous food processing and packing industries
- Alcoholic beverages
- Production and supply
- External trade
- Banking
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Serbs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Economist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1847-1911
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Serbia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Michael Palairet
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29011002
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Serbs