Publication: La demanda de textiles de las familias castellanas a finales del antiguo régimen, 1750-1850: ¿aumento del consumo sin industrialización?
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2003
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Marcial Pons: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales : Fundación Caja Madrid
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En este artículo se estudia la demanda de textiles por parte de las familias
castellanas de la provincia de Palencia entre 1750 y 1850. A partir de un
análisis sistemático de inventarios post mortem, se constata un aumento en
el consumo de bienes textiles que afectó a todas las capas sociales ubicadas
tanto en entornos urbanos como rurales. No obstante, existían una serie de
límites al desarrollo de la demanda y del consumo: pervivencia de crisis de
subsistencias y mortalidad, lento crecimiento demográfico, fluctuaciones en
los niveles de precios agrícolas, integración de los mercados no uniforme,
incremento de la masa de indigentes, excesiva concentración de la riqueza,
etcétera. La existencia de estos límites incidieron en el resultado final: una
revolución industriosa sin industrialización.
This article analyses the demand for textile in Castilian families between 1750 and 1850. Through a systematic analysis of probate inventories, the results show there was a gradual increase in the demand of textiles in urban and rural families. This fact challenges the traditional interpretation about the role of internal demand in Spanish Industrial Revolution. There were however restrictions to the demand of consumer goods, such as subsistence crisis and mortality, slow demographic growth, fluctuations in agricultural prices, incomplete market integration, excessive concentration of wealth, etc. The existence of these restrictions conditioned the final result: an «industrious revolution » without «industrial revolution».
This article analyses the demand for textile in Castilian families between 1750 and 1850. Through a systematic analysis of probate inventories, the results show there was a gradual increase in the demand of textiles in urban and rural families. This fact challenges the traditional interpretation about the role of internal demand in Spanish Industrial Revolution. There were however restrictions to the demand of consumer goods, such as subsistence crisis and mortality, slow demographic growth, fluctuations in agricultural prices, incomplete market integration, excessive concentration of wealth, etc. The existence of these restrictions conditioned the final result: an «industrious revolution » without «industrial revolution».
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Revista de Historia Económica, Año XXI, 2003, n. extraordinario, pp. 141-178