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Agriculture, industrialization, and tourism: the economics of modern Basque farming

University MicrofilmsAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 1989 • Pages: 2, 14, 353 leaves

By: Greenwood, Davydd James.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed study in economic anthropology analyzing the various factors that have influenced changes in agricultural practices on coastal Spanish Basque farms in Fuenterrabia municipality, Guipuzcoa province, from 1920 to 1969; a period in which tourism began to gain increasing importance in the economy and industrialization intensified. This dissertation documents '…the shift from subsistence-oriented farming based on cattle raising and arboriculture to specialized commercial cattle raising and/or horticulture' (p. 1). Two fundamental questions raised by the author throughout this study are how the Basque farm family is able to adapt its produce and what the long-term effects of these adaptations have on the general agricultural patterns within Fuenterrabia municipality. Greenwood hypothesizes two types of models for the analysis of his data -- the aggregate and management unit models. These he defines, operationalizes, and applies in an integrated framework to the resolution of the questions asked above.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Domesticated animals
Pastoral activities
Tillage
Real property
Inheritance
Production and supply
Income and demand
Labor supply and employment
Household
Family relationships
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Basques
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southern Europe
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
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
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1990-1991
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1968-1969
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1920-1969
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Fuenterrabia, Guipuzcoa Province, Spain
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Davydd James Greenwood
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Pittsburgh, 1970
UM 71-4463
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-353)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Basques