Deal with it!: The emergence and reversal of an agro-ecological crisis, Southern Sweden in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Bohman, Magnus,1980-Umeå universitet,Institutionen för geografi och ekonomisk historia (author)

Deal with it! : The emergence and reversal of an agro-ecological crisis, Southern Sweden in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

The European Early Modern period provides examples of stagnating and even declining production and energy consumption per capita, which can be interpreted as indicators of an emerging crisis. With a focus on agriculture sector, some have suggested that the crisis was ‘conditional’ – meaning that a crisis can only be observed in some cases. This article investigates one such case, a village in Southern Sweden during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and investigates the mechanisms that mediate population growth to deteriorating living standards and environmental degradation. It provides new insights into the conditions of pre-industrial agriculture, particularly as regards the consequences of intensified demand pressure in ecologically fragile areas, and argues that human societies must be studied in tandem with their natural surroundings.

Umeå universitetInstitutionen för geografi och ekonomisk historia (creator_code:org_t)

In:Scandinavian Economic History Review: Informa UK Limited65:2, s. 206-2200358-55221750-2837

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