The centrality of the margins. Global intersections of a Basque rural area in the recent past

Bibliographic Data

ID3919808
AuthorsSergio Escribano-Ruiz (0000-0003-2220-0831, Grupo de Investigación en Patrimonio Construido, GPAC; Department of Geography, Prehistory and Archaeology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume51
Issue2
Pages273-290
Publication date2019-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2019.1629194
OpenAlexW2959481619
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited33

The contribution of rural areas to the advent of globalization has been poorly explored from a historical perspective. In this paper, I explore how rural areas were involved in the shaping of colonialism and industrialization and contributed to globalization. The case study examined deviates from the pattern of self-sufficiency and situates the rural world at the epicentre of key historical processes of the recent past. This paper is primarily based on a farmhouse that played a significant role in these processes, despite its apparent isolation in the hills of the Basque Country, as it produced cider for ships involved in the colonial race and supplied nuts and iron ore for the British Industrial Revolution. With this case study, I hope to provide an example of a rural site that contributed to change in the wider world, while it was also being transformed itself

Archaeology · Centrality · Colonialism · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Globalization · Industrial Revolution · Industrialisation · Isolation (microbiology · Political science · Rural area · Cultural Identity and Heritage · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Rural development and sustainability

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