Fairs and Markets in Galicia in the Late Eighteenth Century
This paper analyses the progressive unification of the domestic market during the eighteenth century by three means. First, the intensification of commercial trade, due to the increase of authorized fairs and street markets; secondly, the performance of some others which lack official authorization;...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC) |
| Repositorio: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/44659 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10578/44659 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Domestic market Economic history Eighteenth century Fair Markets |
| Sumario: | This paper analyses the progressive unification of the domestic market during the eighteenth century by three means. First, the intensification of commercial trade, due to the increase of authorized fairs and street markets; secondly, the performance of some others which lack official authorization; and finally, the growth of the funds provided by the taxes associated to these events. It shows that the increase in production at the end of this century provided proper circumstances for demographic growth, and that both generated an increase in the demand for and the number of mercantile exchanges. This analysis is focused on the way these factors also affected the characteristics of the domestic market of Galicia and a comparative analysis with this effect in the rest of Spain. |
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