History and Rural Studies since the sixties : From decolonisation to environmental and food sovereignty

• This text analyses the thematic change in rural history from the 1960s until today. Initially, the field focused on the transition from feudalism to capitalism, on the growth of the preconditions of industrial development. It examined developments within the pre-industrial agrarian society, focussing largely on peasant agency. Later, the emphasis shifted towards the environment, the sustainability (and most recently the resiliency) of historical agricultural production systems and food sovereignty. The hypothesis is that many early approaches were inspired by the decolonisation of Europe's Asian and African colonies, the (peasant-) revolution in China and the development of rural sociology. The present change in focus is related to the emergence of environmental agendas and of issues concerning free trade and the dominance of the food sector by large multinational companies. The focus is foremost on Scandinavian historiography.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Historia (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- History (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

rural history

peasant studies

theoretical and thematic changes

swedish economic and agricultural history

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