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La lucha por los montes. Conflicto y política en la Sierra de Cuenca durante la Restauración

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  • Óscar Bascuñán Añover

    (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)

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The process of dismantling communal usage of lands during the 19th century sparked a legal, political and social conflict in Cuenca and many of its mountain villages. The new desire to capitalise on the immense wealth of the mountain forests pitted an incipient bourgeoisie based in the provincial capital against rural oligarchies and villagers who tried to rely on common law to safeguard their interests. Local and district caciques or bosses found in this conflict an opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of patronage and to define who the political adversary was. The aim of this article is to reveal the role of the dispute over use of the communal lands in articulating the political struggles and configuring patronage networks during the Restoration. For this purpose, the article analyses the socioeconomic reality of the mountain areas, the lengthy litigation processes that villages faced with the provincial capital and the various forms of conflict in the political arena. Our research covers a number of legal, civil, military and press sources in an uncharted area for contemporary agrarian historiography.

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  • Óscar Bascuñán Añover, 2013. "La lucha por los montes. Conflicto y política en la Sierra de Cuenca durante la Restauración," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 61, pages 45-77, december.
    • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2013:i:61:m:december:p:45-77
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    Keywords

    Restoration; Cuenca Mountains; Communal Lands; Patronage; Conflict;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • N53 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N54 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: 1913-
    • Q23 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Forestry
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy

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