Sharecroppers, war, and social change in central Italy1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12548580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria Belco (Portland State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 397-405 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-571X • E-ISSN: 1469-9583 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13545710701640707 |
| OpenAlex | W2005483710 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The fall of fascism and disruption of World War II made rapid change to the mezzadria (sharecropping) system of central Italy seem possible and timely. Similar efforts to improve the sharecroppers' position in the years immediately after World War I were terminated by the rise of fascism and fascist agricultural policies. More politically astute attempts failed after World War II as well, frustrated by landowner refusal to allow interference with private property and related traditions, and by De Gasperi's ‘Judgment’ that barely modified the system. Rather than fundamental change to make a ‘fairer’, more beneficial system for the sharecropper in the postwar years, the mezzadria system died out slowly during the subsequent decades as sharecropper youth chose to leave the land
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · First world war · Land tenure · Political economy · Political science · Position (finance · Sharecropping · Social change · Sociology · World War II · Historical and Environmental Studies · History · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |