La lucha por los montes. Conflicto y política en la Sierra de Cuenca durante la Restauración

Óscar Bascuñán Añover
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Óscar Bascuñán Añover: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2013, issue 61, 45-77

Abstract: The process of dismantling communal usage of lands during the 19th century sparked a legal, political and social conflict in Cuenca and many of its mountain villages. The new desire to capitalise on the immense wealth of the mountain forests pitted an incipient bourgeoisie based in the provincial capital against rural oligarchies and villagers who tried to rely on common law to safeguard their interests. Local and district caciques or bosses found in this conflict an opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of patronage and to define who the political adversary was. The aim of this article is to reveal the role of the dispute over use of the communal lands in articulating the political struggles and configuring patronage networks during the Restoration. For this purpose, the article analyses the socioeconomic reality of the mountain areas, the lengthy litigation processes that villages faced with the provincial capital and the various forms of conflict in the political arena. Our research covers a number of legal, civil, military and press sources in an uncharted area for contemporary agrarian historiography.

Keywords: Restoration; Cuenca Mountains; Communal Lands; Patronage; Conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N53 N54 Q23 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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