Economics sociology of the modern latifundium: Economic institutions and social change in Southern Portugal, 17th-19th centuries
The agrarian social structure currently known as latifundium that prevailed in the southern Portuguese of Alentejo well into the second half of the 20th century was an important structural feature in the shaping of contemporary Portuguese society. This article combines an economic sociology theoretical framework with empirical evidence from the region of Évora, from the late 16th to the mid-18th century, to highlight the social mechanisms explaining the sociogenesis of the modern latifundium.
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Editora Mundos Sociais
2004
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-65292004000200003 |
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