Horn of plenty The globalization of Mediterranean horticulture and the economic development of southern Europe, 1880-1930

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Universidad de Alcala; University of California System; University of California Davis; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700022853
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 316-352
• 关键词: convergence

摘要

During the late nineteenth century, competition from cheap American grains undermined agricultural economies across Europe. This article investigates how similar forces of globalization in the production of Mediterranean fruits and nuts dampened economic prospects across southern Europe and in some cases contributed to outright economic and political crises.