The management of common land in north west Europe, c. 1500-1850

Until the 19th century very large areas of Western Europe were subject to some degree to common rights, where individual users collectively managed resources such as pasture and wood which were central to the agrarian economy. Much scholarship has focused on the dissolution of these rights and the e...

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Autres auteurs : Warde Paul (Éditeur scientifique), Shaw-Taylor Leigh (Éditeur scientifique), De Moor Martina (Éditeur scientifique)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The management of common land in north west Europe, c. 1500-1850 / Martina De Moor, Paul Warde, Leigh Shaw-Taylor
Publié : Turnhout : Brepols (éditions) , 2002
Collection : Comparative Rural History of the North Sea Area ; 8
Accès en ligne : Accès Nantes Université
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Résumé : Until the 19th century very large areas of Western Europe were subject to some degree to common rights, where individual users collectively managed resources such as pasture and wood which were central to the agrarian economy. Much scholarship has focused on the dissolution of these rights and the effects of the enclosure of common land on society and agricultural productivity. In contrast, this volume seeks to assess in a comparative framework the long-term management of the common lands and the relative success of strategies in providing the resources sought by the rural population. Chapters covering northern and southern England, France, the Netherlands, Flanders, Sweden and northern and southern Germany examine the institutional and legal framework of commoning, the resources available and their value, the sustainability of practices, and policies of inclusion and exclusion among the group of commoners. Building on the theoretical insights of recent works on commonly managed resources, this volume, the result of an international collaboration in the CORN network, provides a series of detailed historical studies and is the first major work to address this central aspect of the agrarian economy in a comparative European context.
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ISBN : 978-2-503-55771-7