Estructura agraria, familia troncal, mercado de trabajo y redes sociales en el mundo rural, Cataluña siglos XVIII-XIX

Alòs, Llorenç Ferrer i

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“…The relationship between nuclear families and immigrant families has been observed in other Catalan industrial areas. However, over the years, these nuclear families became stem families, which was, in fact, the predominant system in Catalonia through the figure of the "hereu" (heir) [50][51][52][53]. Interestingly, the reduction in birth rates and family size ran parallel to an increase in the average height of young males, which rose around 2.5 cm over the same period, from 160.8 to 163.3 cm (see Figure 2).…”

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Sibship Size, Height and Cohort Selection: A Methodological Approach

Ramón-Muñoz

Ramon-Muñoz

Candela-Martínez

2021

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This article deals with the historical relationship between the number of siblings in a family or household and height, a proxy for biological living standards. Ideally, this relationship is better assessed when we have evidence on the exact number of siblings in a family from its constitution onwards. However, this generally requires applying family reconstitution techniques, which, unfortunately, is not always possible. In this latter case, scholars must generally settle for considering only particular benchmark years using population censuses, from which family and household structures are derived. These data are then linked to the height data for the young males of the family or household. Height data are generally obtained from military records. In this matching process, several decisions have to be taken, which, in turn, are determined by source availability and the number of available observations. Using data from late 19th-century Catalonia, we explore whether the methodology used in matching population censuses and military records as described above might affect the relationship between sibship size and biological living standards and, if so, to what extent. We conclude that, while contextual factors cannot be neglected, the methodological decisions made in the initial steps of research also play a role in assessing this relationship.

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Sibship Size, Height and Cohort Selection: A Methodological Approach

Ramón-Muñoz

Ramon-Muñoz

Candela-Martínez

2021

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“…Interestingly, the change from first-married women to first-married men in terms of the most influential on social mobility might be explained by the different contexts of the periods. During the 16 th and 17 th centuries, the main channel for social mobility and reproduction for less geographically mobile societies was marriage, as pointed out by (Ferrer i Alòs, 2018) for rural Catalonia throughout the 18 th and 19 th centuries. In fact, these results are also in line with other studies in Europe, which highlight the role of women in the social reproduction of their families, achieving social mobility as a way of practicing strategic marriages (Dribe & Lundh, 2010;Kalmijn, 1998;Kok, 2017).…”

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The increasing influence of siblings in social mobility. A long-term historical view (Barcelona area, 16th-19th centuries)

Pujadas-Mora

Martinez²

2020

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Parental influence over children’s status attainment has historically been argued to be key. However, the cross-sibling influence has been scarcely studied for historical periods and for steam family societies, being the most long-lasting relationship across individuals’ lives once childhood was surpassed. We investigate how intra-generational family relationships determine the social destiny of siblings taking a long-term perspective (16th and the 19th centuries) for Barcelona and its hinterland, using the unique data compiled in the Barcelona Historical Marriage Database. This region was one of the most dynamic economic area in Southern Europe. We found the emergence of the figure of first-married siblings as determinants in the status attainment of other brothers and sisters and a decline in parental influence from the 18th century onwards for all social groups, denying a sibling competing model. This influence worked differently over time depending on sex. First-born sisters with exogamous marriages had a higher influence than first-married brothers on the social mobility of the rest of siblings along the 16th and 17th century. Conversely, from the 18th century onwards, first-married brothers had a higher ascendancy than first-married sisters. Sibship size and the siblings’ marriage order did not contribute to explain these effects. These results can be interpreted in light of an increase in life expectancy of adult population and a change in the occupational structure due to an early industrialization and in affectivity in the18th century.

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“…La totalitat del dot de Maria Font, fi lla d'un pagès de Mediona, consistent en 25 lliures, una caixa i roba, era producte de «lo que ha adquirit y guanyat en lo temps de servir per criada». 12 El servei domèstic era una via per obtenir diners molt freqüent entre les dones humils dels àmbits rurals (Ferrer 2018).…”

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Les dones a les economies domèstiques preindustrials: treball, terra, dot i escreix a l’Alt Penedès del segle XVIII

Claverías

2020

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En aquest article es fa una aproximació al paper de les dones en les economies domèstiques de l’Alt Penedès del segle XVIII. Concretament, s’analitzen les tasques productives que portaven a terme i que eren fonamentals per al manteniment de les famílies, les seves relacions amb la propietat i l’explotació de la terra, la importància que tenien el dot i l’escreix al llarg de la seva vida, i l’evolució del dot durant la segona meitat del segle XVIII. En cada una d’aquestes qüestions es fa menció de les dones solteres, casades i vídues, atèsque l’estat civil era la variable que més fortament condicionava el que les dones podien i no podien fer. També es para atenció, de manera transversal, al marc legal que constrenyia l’autonomia econòmica de les dones. Malgrat el silenci de les fonts, conseqüència directa de la baixa consideració que tenia el treball femení, del seu caràcter suposadament subsidiari i de la incapacitat legal a què les dones estaven sotmeses, l’examen de capítols matrimonials, inventaris post mortem, contractes de conreu i textos de testimonis de l’època, permet entreveure unes dones més actives i més autònomes que el que tradicionalments’acostuma a pensar. El marc cultural i legal, així com la pobresa, eren obstacles importants que calia superar.

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Estructura agraria, familia troncal, mercado de trabajo y redes sociales en el mundo rural, Cataluña siglos XVIII-XIX

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Sibship Size, Height and Cohort Selection: A Methodological Approach

Sibship Size, Height and Cohort Selection: A Methodological Approach

The increasing influence of siblings in social mobility. A long-term historical view (Barcelona area, 16th-19th centuries)

Les dones a les economies domèstiques preindustrials: treball, terra, dot i escreix a l’Alt Penedès del segle XVIII

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