¿Qué liberaron las medidas liberales? La circulación de la tierra en la España del siglo XIX

Rosa Congost and Ricard Garcia Orallo
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Rosa Congost: Universitat de Girona
Ricard Garcia Orallo: Universitat de Girona

Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2018, issue 74, 67-102

Abstract: The idea of “liberating or freeing up” land can be found in numerous studies of Spain’s economic evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century. Many of the measures implemented by the liberals were related to land, some of which have been considered key by Spanish historians. However, recent empirical studies have shown very dynamic land markets even during the Ancien Régime, raising the question of whether the changes should be attributed to liberal measures. This article offers a broad view of the whole of Spain, combining statistics generated by land registry institutions with the most detailed analysis of a geographical area of marked economic vitality and registry activity –the judicial district of Figueres in north-eastern Catalonia. By pointing out the diversity of land ownership forms, practices and circulation, these two approaches call into question the idea that the latter accelerated in the liberal period, and invite us to radically reconsider the object of study and the very process of liberal revolution.

Keywords: land registry; property rights; land market; Spanish liberal revolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N43 N93 P48 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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