LEADER 04505nam 22006135 450 001 9910882884903321 005 20240827130239.0 010 $a9783031672811 010 $a303167281X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-67281-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31622071 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31622071 035 $a(CKB)34455975000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-67281-1 035 $a(OCoLC)1454876644 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934455975000041 100 $a20240827d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFamily Farmers, Land Reforms and Political Action $eAn Alternative Economic History of Interwar Europe /$fby James Simpson 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Economic History,$x2662-6500 311 08$a9783031672804 311 08$a3031672801 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Chapter 1. Agriculture and the Pursuit of Economic Growth -- Chapter 2. Farmers and the Dynamics of Agricultural Change in Interwar Europe -- Chapter 3. Agriculture and the State -- Chapter 4. When did the Landed Elites Give up Power? A European Perspective -- Chapter 5. Land Reform and Farming in Interwar Europe- Chapter 6. Family Farmers: from Cooperatives and Voluntary Associations to Political Parties -- Chapter 7. Farm Labourers -- Chapter 8. The Great Depression -- Chapter 9. Farmers and Politics in Interwar Europe -- Chapter 10. Conclusions. 330 $aThis book examines how European farmers responded to the economic and political challenges created by the First World War and the Great Depression. The difficulties of interwar Europe have been frequently explored, but rarely from the perspective of the agricultural sector, where two-fifths of the population earned their livelihood, mostly as small, family farmers. The traditional literature argues that the landed elites conspired to undermine many of Europe's young democracies after the Great War. This book shows instead that by the early 1920s most had either sold their land or seen it confiscated following the widespread land reforms of Eastern Europe, leaving the family farm as the dominant unit of production. The book advances several theories that place the family farmer at the heart of change and explores why some proved to be enthusiastic supporters of liberal democracy, while others preferred political ideologies as diverse as social democracy in Scandinavia or fascism in Germany and Italy. It explores the nuanced and evolving links between family farms and government interests, showing how this relationship varied in different countries and contexts across Western and Central Europe. The book discusses the impact of family farms on agricultural market trends, the influence of collective action on government policies, and the increasing politicization of farmers and rural populations more broadly. The book also sheds light on how agrarian problems and their solutions differed in industrial, agrarian, and transforming societies in interwar Europe. This book will be an illuminating read for scholars of economic history, comparative history and European history interested in agriculture and rural communities. James Simpson is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. He has published extensively in economic history, Spanish economic history, agricultural history, the history of the wine industry, and economic development in Spain and Europe. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Economic History,$x2662-6500 606 $aEconomic history 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 606 $aEconomic History 606 $aEuropean History 606 $aAgricultural Economics 615 0$aEconomic history. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects. 615 14$aEconomic History. 615 24$aEuropean History. 615 24$aAgricultural Economics. 676 $a070.573 700 $aSimpson$b James$0140298 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910882884903321 996 $aFamily Farmers, Land Reforms and Political Action$94209689 997 $aUNINA