Consumption
Consumption

Author(s): Daniel Drápala
Subject(s): Cultural history, Agriculture, Social history, Rural and urban sociology, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: consumption of rural farms; agrarian production; rural population; farmers; villages and small towns;
Summary/Abstract: The economy of rural farms aimed at agrarian production was quite a limited and changeable system in the form in which it emerged during the Middle Ages and the Modern period. Unexpected events, such as wars, basic catastrophes, bad weather, and poor harvests weakened the economic balance and farming for many peasants and could even plunge them into material misery. In bad years, official statements and texts written by rural residents mention the lack of foods and raw materials and increasingly high prices that limited the availability of goods for the less-wealthy inhabitants.

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