Farmers and the market in Flanders, 1750-1900. The market in Flemish rural society, the commercialisation of agriculture and the battle for the market, during the transition from a traditional to an integrated economy

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Ghent University

The concrete & apos;market & apos;, i.e. the place where agricultural products were weekly bought and sold, is at the centre of this research. Such markets functioned differently and had a different & apos;function & apos; as often assumed. This research looks at the market in an integrated way (economically, politically, socially), in order to understand the role of this mechanism in Flemish rural society better.

Timeframe:

1 Oct 2006 → 30 Sep 2009

Keywords:

rural economy,agrarian history,commercialization

Discipline codes:

• BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (B)
  • Agronomics
    • History of agriculture
• HUMANITIES (H)
  • History and arts
    • Social and economic history
• SOCIAL SCIENCES (S)
  • Political and administrative sciences
    • Agricultural economics