Structural Retardation and the Modernization of French Agriculture
A Skeptical View
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10097513 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vernon W Ruttan (University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 714-728 |
| Publication date | 1978-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700082632 |
| OpenAlex | W2022424105 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 17 |
The structural retardation hypothesis locates the source of stagnation in French agriculture primarily within agriculture — inthe economic, political, and sociological consequences of a peasant system of agricultural production. It is argued in this paper that the poor performance of French agriculture from the 1870s to the 1940s is to be found in the limited opportunities for agricultural growth provided by the French economy. Evidence suggests that the slow growth in demand for agricultural output, the slow growth in demand for labor by the non-agricultural sector, and the limited investment in the institutional infrastructure to support agricultural development were the primary sources of stagnation
Agricultural economics · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic stagnation · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Investment (military · Market economy · Modernization theory · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Agriculture and Rural Development Research
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Induced innovation
The Agricultural Revolution
The Economic Development of France and Germany, 1815 to 1914.
Group Behavior and International Trade
The Agricultural Revolution in Nineteenth-Century France
The Diffusion of the New Husbandry in Northern France, 1815–1840
Change in Rural France in the Period of Industrialization, 1830–1914
Agriculture in Western Europe
French industrialization
France and the Economic Development of Europe, 1800-1914
Agriculture in Western Europe
Agriculture in Western Europe
The Economic Development of France and Germany, 1815-1914
Agriculture and Economic Growth
Peasants into Frenchmen
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2020 (42) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |