Barcelona and the Catalan Olive Oil Industry, 1850s-1930s

Ramon Ramon-Muñoz

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Abstract: This work explores the impact of large urban centres on historical processes of agrarian change and the transformation of the agri-food industry. Using Barcelona and the olive oil sector in Catalonia as a case study, it presents evidence on the evolution of consumption and inflows of olive oil in the Catalan capital during the second half of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. The paper shows the growth and significance of Barcelona in the consumption and commerce of this product. Considered the largest olive oil market in early 1920s Spain, this study also posits various hypotheses regarding the extent and mechanisms through which this major western Mediterranean city could have influenced the trajectory and transformations experienced by the Catalan olive oil sector before the Spanish Civil War.

Keywords: olive oil; agroindustry; urban growth; consumption; trade; exports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N50 N70 N90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2024-05
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