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Barcelona and the Catalan Olive Oil Industry, 1850s-1930s

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  • Ramon Ramon-Muñoz

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This work explores the impact of large urban centres on historical processes of agrarian change and the transformation of the agri-food industry. Using Barcelona and the olive oil sector in Catalonia as a case study, it presents evidence on the evolution of consumption and inflows of olive oil in the Catalan capital during the second half of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. The paper shows the growth and significance of Barcelona in the consumption and commerce of this product. Considered the largest olive oil market in early 1920s Spain, this study also posits various hypotheses regarding the extent and mechanisms through which this major western Mediterranean city could have influenced the trajectory and transformations experienced by the Catalan olive oil sector before the Spanish Civil War.

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  • Ramon Ramon-Muñoz, 2024. "Barcelona and the Catalan Olive Oil Industry, 1850s-1930s," Documentos de Trabajo de la Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria 2403, Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria.
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    Keywords

    olive oil; agroindustry; urban growth; consumption; trade; exports;
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    JEL classification:

    • N50 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N70 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N90 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - General, International, or Comparative

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